This is a wakizashi made by Echizen Daijo Fujiwara Kunitsugu during the Edo period (1647). The blade features a gunome-midare hamon and itame hada. It comes with a koshirae featuring tiger and leopard fittings and is certified as Tokubetsu Hozon Token by NBTHK.
NihontoWatchmei · Shinto · nagasa 36.1cm · sori 0.5cm
Shinto · Echizen · around 1615-1624
Fujishiro Jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 49%
3 pieces on the market now
Where Kunitsugu stands among comparable artisans: across all of nihontō, and within tradition, era, and period. The tiers (Foremost · Leading · Major · Notable) weigh official designations from the NBTHK and Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs, together with historical honors of lasting repute such as the Sansaku and Meibutsu-chō.
Select a lens to see how it's measured.
Shinto · Yamashiro
64 pieces on the market now
At Ichijo Horikawa in Kyoto, from Keicho 4 (1599), Horikawa Kunihiro gathered the pupils whose work the published sources name with his own as the opening of the shinto age. Kunihiro himself reached forging late and by a roundabout road. Learn more →
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Kunihiro國廣 | 1573-1613 | 148 |
| Kunimichi國路 | 1615-1624 | 74 |
| Kunisada國貞 | 1624-1646 | 88 |
| Masahiro正弘 | 1596-1615 | 14 |
| Kunitomo國儔 | 1596-1615 | 27 |
A Hozon-certified blade judged to show notably superior workmanship and a better state of preservation. The bar is higher: re-tempered blades and most unsigned Muromachi/Edo works are excluded.
The NBTHK (Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai, the Society for the Preservation of Japanese Art Swords) is a public-interest incorporated foundation founded in 1948 and supervised by Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs (Bunkachō); it is based at the Japanese Sword Museum in Tokyo. Its expert panels physically examine each submitted work (shinsa) and issue a certificate (kanteishō) ranking it by artistic and historical merit. NBTHK papers are the most widely recognized standard of authentication for Japanese swords and fittings.
NBTHK official siteNo cooling-off period or returns; refund only if the purchased sword is proven fake, capped at purchase price (excludes commission sales, accessories, auction items).
This is a wakizashi made by Echizen Daijo Fujiwara Kunitsugu during the Edo period (1647). The blade features a gunome-midare hamon and itame hada. It comes with a koshirae featuring tiger and leopard fittings and is certified as Tokubetsu Hozon Token by NBTHK.
NihontoWatchmei · Shinto · nagasa 36.1cm · sori 0.5cm
Shinto · Echizen · around 1615-1624
Fujishiro Jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 49%
3 pieces on the market now
Where Kunitsugu stands among comparable artisans: across all of nihontō, and within tradition, era, and period. The tiers (Foremost · Leading · Major · Notable) weigh official designations from the NBTHK and Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs, together with historical honors of lasting repute such as the Sansaku and Meibutsu-chō.
Select a lens to see how it's measured.
Shinto · Yamashiro
64 pieces on the market now
At Ichijo Horikawa in Kyoto, from Keicho 4 (1599), Horikawa Kunihiro gathered the pupils whose work the published sources name with his own as the opening of the shinto age. Kunihiro himself reached forging late and by a roundabout road. Learn more →
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Kunihiro國廣 | 1573-1613 | 148 |
| Kunimichi國路 | 1615-1624 | 74 |
| Kunisada國貞 | 1624-1646 | 88 |
| Masahiro正弘 | 1596-1615 | 14 |
| Kunitomo國儔 | 1596-1615 | 27 |
A Hozon-certified blade judged to show notably superior workmanship and a better state of preservation. The bar is higher: re-tempered blades and most unsigned Muromachi/Edo works are excluded.
The NBTHK (Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai, the Society for the Preservation of Japanese Art Swords) is a public-interest incorporated foundation founded in 1948 and supervised by Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs (Bunkachō); it is based at the Japanese Sword Museum in Tokyo. Its expert panels physically examine each submitted work (shinsa) and issue a certificate (kanteishō) ranking it by artistic and historical merit. NBTHK papers are the most widely recognized standard of authentication for Japanese swords and fittings.
NBTHK official siteNo cooling-off period or returns; refund only if the purchased sword is proven fake, capped at purchase price (excludes commission sales, accessories, auction items).
