This is a wakizashi made by Oku Mototake from Satsuma province during the Edo era. The blade has a length of 56.6cm and features a gunome-choji-midare hamon. It comes with a koshirae, shirasaya, and a gold foil habaki, and is certified as Hozon Token by NBTHK.
NihontoWatchBETAmei · Edo · nagasa 56.6cm · sori 1cm
Satsuma · around 1772-1781
Tōken Taikan top 49%
1 piece on the market now
Certifies a genuine blade worth preserving: a signature confirmed correct, or, if unsigned, an era, province, and school that the NBTHK can reliably identify.
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 Oku Mototake from Satsuma province during the Edo era. The blade has a length of 56.6cm and features a gunome-choji-midare hamon. It comes with a koshirae, shirasaya, and a gold foil habaki, and is certified as Hozon Token by NBTHK.
NihontoWatchBETAmei · Edo · nagasa 56.6cm · sori 1cm
Satsuma · around 1772-1781
Tōken Taikan top 49%
1 piece on the market now
Certifies a genuine blade worth preserving: a signature confirmed correct, or, if unsigned, an era, province, and school that the NBTHK can reliably identify.
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).
