This is a mitokoromono (kogai, kozuka, menuki) made by Yoshioka Inabanosuke during the Edo period. The fittings feature a turnip design and are made of shakudo nanakoji. The set has been certified as Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu by the NBTHK.
NihontoWatchBETAmei · Edo
Yoshioka Inabanosuke
Edo
Signed
Tokuho (NBTHK)
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 the item's contents differ significantly from our description, we accept returns within 3 days counted from receipt. Because mail-order sales have no cooling-off provision under the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, cooling-off is not available.
This is a mitokoromono (kogai, kozuka, menuki) made by Yoshioka Inabanosuke during the Edo period. The fittings feature a turnip design and are made of shakudo nanakoji. The set has been certified as Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu by the NBTHK.
NihontoWatchBETAmei · Edo
Yoshioka Inabanosuke
Edo
Signed
Tokuho (NBTHK)
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 the item's contents differ significantly from our description, we accept returns within 3 days counted from receipt. Because mail-order sales have no cooling-off provision under the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, cooling-off is not available.