This katana is signed by Hamabe Minryushi Toshizane, a smith from the Inaba province active in the late Edo period. It features a robust hira-zukuri-style blade with a well-forged ko-itame hada and a vibrant hamon of gunome-choji midare. The blade comes with both a shirasaya and a koshirae, and is accompanied by an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon certificate.
NihontoWatchmei · Kansei (1789-1801) · nagasa 71.2cm · sori 1.2cm
Inaba · around 1789-1801
Fujishiro Jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 49%
5 pieces on the market now
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.
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 siteWithin one week of the item's arrival (cooling-off is possible within Japan only). For defects that differ from the purchase conditions, we will accept the return and refund the payment. For other cases such as overseas, we will consult separately.
This katana is signed by Hamabe Minryushi Toshizane, a smith from the Inaba province active in the late Edo period. It features a robust hira-zukuri-style blade with a well-forged ko-itame hada and a vibrant hamon of gunome-choji midare. The blade comes with both a shirasaya and a koshirae, and is accompanied by an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon certificate.
NihontoWatchmei · Kansei (1789-1801) · nagasa 71.2cm · sori 1.2cm
Inaba · around 1789-1801
Fujishiro Jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 49%
5 pieces on the market now
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.
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 siteWithin one week of the item's arrival (cooling-off is possible within Japan only). For defects that differ from the purchase conditions, we will accept the return and refund the payment. For other cases such as overseas, we will consult separately.
