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.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatchThis antique Edo-period katana is unsigned (mumei) but features a refined suguha hamon, reflecting classical Yamashiro-influenced aesthetics. The blade is 68.0 cm long with a 2.0 cm sori and comes with a complete period koshirae, including an iron tsuba with seated sages and kiku-decorated fuchi-kashira. Registered under Kyoto Prefecture, it represents a well-preserved example of a mumei Edo-period blade.
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The Edo period (1615 to 1868)
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.
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