This is a tanto made by Fujita Nagahiro from Choshu province during the late Edo period. The blade has a length of 26.9cm and features an itame hada with mokume and ji-nie. The hamon is a gunome midare with bright ashi and yo, and the boshi is a komaru with a deep turnback. The koshirae is elaborately made with an iriko saya.
NihontoWatchBETAmei · Shin-shinto · nagasa 26.9cm · sori 0.2cm
Suo · around 1865-1868
Tōken Taikan top 60%
6 pieces 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 tanto made by Fujita Nagahiro from Choshu province during the late Edo period. The blade has a length of 26.9cm and features an itame hada with mokume and ji-nie. The hamon is a gunome midare with bright ashi and yo, and the boshi is a komaru with a deep turnback. The koshirae is elaborately made with an iriko saya.
NihontoWatchBETAmei · Shin-shinto · nagasa 26.9cm · sori 0.2cm
Suo · around 1865-1868
Tōken Taikan top 60%
6 pieces 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).
