NihontoWatchNihontoWatch柔らかく光を放つ赤銅磨地に庄内藩酒井家の家紋、「丸に片喰紋」を三つ表している。鋤き込んだ地底に魚子を打ち施し、片喰紋はふっくらと立体的。黒一色の上品な小柄である。鷲田家は初代光時の代に庄内藩の藩工となった。四代目光親は弟光中と共に鷲田家最後を飾る名工である。藩主の指料の脇差に装着されていたものであろうか。
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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.
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