This is a wakizashi attributed to Moriie of the Hatakeda school in Bizen province, dating to the late Kamakura period. It features a gold inlay mei (kinzogan-mei) of 'Moriie' on the o-suriage mumei tang. The blade exhibits a vibrant gunome choji midare hamon with kaeruko choji, characteristic of the Hatakeda school, and comes with a Tokubetsu Hozon certificate.
NihontoWatchkinzogan-mei · Hatakeda · Kamakura · nagasa 48.8cm · sori 0.7cm
Bizen-den · Bizen
7 pieces on the market now
The Hatakeda school (畠田) takes its name from a hamlet in Bizen lying hard against Osafune village, and from that address its founder, Moriie, is called Hatakeda Moriie. The published sources place his line across the great middle decades of Kamakura, the earliest dated work a tachi of Bun'ei 9 (1272), with the name running on through the Nanbokucho years. Learn more →
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Moriie守家 | 1259-1260 | 33 |
| Moriie守家 | 1232-1233 | 27 |
| Sanemori眞守 | 1277-1293 | 57 |
| Mitsumori光守 | 1278-1288 | 13 |
| Moriie守家 | 1280-1299 | 14 |
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 siteFor one-of-a-kind items such as swords, sword fittings, and antiques, please contact us about a return within 3 days of the item's arrival and ship it back within 8 days. Refunds are issued the same day the returned item arrives.
This is a wakizashi attributed to Moriie of the Hatakeda school in Bizen province, dating to the late Kamakura period. It features a gold inlay mei (kinzogan-mei) of 'Moriie' on the o-suriage mumei tang. The blade exhibits a vibrant gunome choji midare hamon with kaeruko choji, characteristic of the Hatakeda school, and comes with a Tokubetsu Hozon certificate.
NihontoWatchkinzogan-mei · Hatakeda · Kamakura · nagasa 48.8cm · sori 0.7cm
Bizen-den · Bizen
7 pieces on the market now
The Hatakeda school (畠田) takes its name from a hamlet in Bizen lying hard against Osafune village, and from that address its founder, Moriie, is called Hatakeda Moriie. The published sources place his line across the great middle decades of Kamakura, the earliest dated work a tachi of Bun'ei 9 (1272), with the name running on through the Nanbokucho years. Learn more →
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Moriie守家 | 1259-1260 | 33 |
| Moriie守家 | 1232-1233 | 27 |
| Sanemori眞守 | 1277-1293 | 57 |
| Mitsumori光守 | 1278-1288 | 13 |
| Moriie守家 | 1280-1299 | 14 |
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 siteFor one-of-a-kind items such as swords, sword fittings, and antiques, please contact us about a return within 3 days of the item's arrival and ship it back within 8 days. Refunds are issued the same day the returned item arrives.
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