NihontoWatchCharacteristics: Horii Taneyoshi, whose real name was Horii Raisuke, first became a monjin of Gassan Sadayoshi and later went to the capital to become a monjin of Taikei Naotane; he took one character from each of his two masters to become Horii Taneyoshi, and in Meiji 28 he was appointed as a court swordsmith for the Imperial Household Ministry.
Certificate reading — 銘 黄海七十六歳胤吉作 明治廿九年八月日
NihontoWatchOffered by Samurai Shokai
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Musashi · around 1848-1854
Fujishiro Chu-jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 76%
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Meiji: survival after the edict
The Haitōrei edict of 1876 ended sword wearing and nearly ended the craft itself. Military demand and imperial patronage kept a remnant alive, and in 1906 Gassan Sadakazu and Miyamoto Kanenori were named Artists to the Imperial Household.
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.
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¥400,000