This is a special order Jumonji Yari, a joint work by smiths Nobukatsu and Nobutoshi, dated February 1862. It features a flawless blade in full Japanese polish with a ko-itame hada and suguba hamon. The yari comes mounted in shira-saya and is accompanied by a 1997 NTHK Kanteisho paper.
NihontoWatchmei · Enju · Horeki (1751-1764) · nagasa 18.5cm
Higo · around 1844-1848
Tōken Taikan top 95%
2 pieces on the market now
The Edo period (1615 to 1868)
For two and a half centuries of peace the sword was the warrior’s legal badge rather than his weapon. Each great city developed its own manner, Edo’s tested strength against Ōsaka’s polished brilliance, until demand thinned in the era’s last decades.
The NTHK’s principal certificate, issued for a blade of considerable quality. It confirms a genuine signature, or, for an unsigned (mumei) work, records the judges’ attribution to a smith or school. The paper carries a detailed worksheet with a numerical point score.
The NTHK (Nihon Tōken Hozon Kai, the Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Sword) is the oldest of Japan’s sword-appraisal bodies, founded in 1910, decades before the NBTHK. After the death of its long-serving head it divided into two successor societies, the NTHK and the NTHK-NPO, both of which continue to hold shinsa. NTHK certificates are known for a detailed worksheet that records a numerical point score alongside the judges’ written opinion, and the society is especially respected for its attribution of unsigned (mumei) work.
3-day return window from receipt.
This is a special order Jumonji Yari, a joint work by smiths Nobukatsu and Nobutoshi, dated February 1862. It features a flawless blade in full Japanese polish with a ko-itame hada and suguba hamon. The yari comes mounted in shira-saya and is accompanied by a 1997 NTHK Kanteisho paper.
NihontoWatchmei · Enju · Horeki (1751-1764) · nagasa 18.5cm
Higo · around 1844-1848
Tōken Taikan top 95%
2 pieces on the market now
The Edo period (1615 to 1868)
For two and a half centuries of peace the sword was the warrior’s legal badge rather than his weapon. Each great city developed its own manner, Edo’s tested strength against Ōsaka’s polished brilliance, until demand thinned in the era’s last decades.
The NTHK’s principal certificate, issued for a blade of considerable quality. It confirms a genuine signature, or, for an unsigned (mumei) work, records the judges’ attribution to a smith or school. The paper carries a detailed worksheet with a numerical point score.
The NTHK (Nihon Tōken Hozon Kai, the Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Sword) is the oldest of Japan’s sword-appraisal bodies, founded in 1910, decades before the NBTHK. After the death of its long-serving head it divided into two successor societies, the NTHK and the NTHK-NPO, both of which continue to hold shinsa. NTHK certificates are known for a detailed worksheet that records a numerical point score alongside the judges’ written opinion, and the society is especially respected for its attribution of unsigned (mumei) work.
3-day return window from receipt.
