Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
This katana is signed by Yasuyuki of the Naminohira school in Satsuma province, dated Kyowa 3 (1803) when he was 61 years old. It features a robust form with a wide mihaba, thick kasane, and bo-hi carvings. The blade has a well-forged itame hada with jikei and a bright, moist appearance, reminiscent of Hizen's konuka hada. It is accompanied by an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon certificate.
NihontoWatchmei · Naminohira · Kyowa (1801-1804) · nagasa 72cm · sori 1.39cm
Satsuma · around 1801-1804
Tōken Taikan top 87%
1 piece on the market now
Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
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 siteIf, due to our fault, the item differs significantly from its proper condition, the item may be returned. Cooling-off is within one week of the item's arrival.
This katana is signed by Yasuyuki of the Naminohira school in Satsuma province, dated Kyowa 3 (1803) when he was 61 years old. It features a robust form with a wide mihaba, thick kasane, and bo-hi carvings. The blade has a well-forged itame hada with jikei and a bright, moist appearance, reminiscent of Hizen's konuka hada. It is accompanied by an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon certificate.
NihontoWatchmei · Naminohira · Kyowa (1801-1804) · nagasa 72cm · sori 1.39cm
Satsuma · around 1801-1804
Tōken Taikan top 87%
1 piece on the market now
Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
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 siteIf, due to our fault, the item differs significantly from its proper condition, the item may be returned. Cooling-off is within one week of the item's arrival.
