This is a mitokoromono (kogai, kozuka, menuki) set featuring a battle fan design. The kozuka and kogai are signed Mon Renjyo Mitsuaki (Kao) and feature shakudo nanako ground with gold inlay. The menuki are unsigned and attributed to Renjyo, featuring shakudo with carved design and gold inlay. It comes with Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu certificate.
NihontoWatchBETAmei · Edo
Renjyo Mitsuaki
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) set featuring a battle fan design. The kozuka and kogai are signed Mon Renjyo Mitsuaki (Kao) and feature shakudo nanako ground with gold inlay. The menuki are unsigned and attributed to Renjyo, featuring shakudo with carved design and gold inlay. It comes with Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu certificate.
NihontoWatchBETAmei · Edo
Renjyo Mitsuaki
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.