It has appeared, it has appeared—a sword by Osafune Morishige, one of the smiths alongside Osafune Kanemitsu and Osafune Chogi who are said to represent the Soden Bizen style. This sword was originally a daitachi with a nagasa of 2 shaku 6 sun from the Nanbokucho period, around the Oan era (1368, 656 years ago), which a later warrior shortened to match his own swordsmanship style for use as his personal sashiryo. Omiya Morishige of Bizen Osafune is a master smith said to have competed in skill with Osafune Kanemitsu at that time. The sugata of this sword shows a high koshizori with a distinct difference between the motohaba and sakihaba, presenting a graceful tachi shape. The jigane is itame-hada mixed with mokume-hada, displaying a faint midare-utsuri and chikei. The hamon is nioi-honwi with nie, much like the blades of Osafune Chogi, featuring a very spirited and high gunome-midare mixed with many gunome; the tempering is particularly strong, magnificently representing the Soshu-den Bizen style here. Swords referred to as Soden Bizen like this are few, making this mumei Osafune Morishige extremely precious. The Edo-period koshirae further adds splendor to this Osafune Morishige sword. An old connoisseur has only obtained Hozon Token papers for it, but if submitted, it would immediately become Tokubetsu Hozon Token, and it is a sword with a promising future for great advancement. Having received this on consignment with the request to pass it on affordably to the next generation, please by all means enjoy this Bizen Osafune Morishige sword, a quintessential example of Nanbokucho-period Soden Bizen.
NihontoWatchBETAmumei · Nanbokucho · nagasa 70.6cm · sori 2.3cm
Bizen-den · Bizen
7 pieces on the market now
The Omiya school (大宮) of Bizen traces its name and its blood to Kyoto, not to the Bizen heartland where it eventually settled. The published sources follow the line back to a remote ancestor, Kunimori, who is said to have left Inokuma Omiya in Yamashiro province and moved into Bizen during the Kamakura period, around the Bun'o years. With him the group carried a Yamashiro sensibility into the province of choji, and that transplanted origin remains the key to everything the school later became. Learn more →
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Morikage盛景 | 1356-1390 | 92 |
| Morikage盛景 | 1299-1302 | 5 |
| Tomomori友盛 | 1156-1159 | 0 |
| Tsugumori次盛 | 1338-1342 | 0 |
| Tsugumori次盛 | 1278-1288 | 0 |
Certifies a genuine blade worth preserving: a signature confirmed correct, or, if unsigned, an era, province, and school that the NBTHK can reliably identify.
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 returns due to customer circumstances, the cost is the customer's responsibility. For returns due to our mis-shipment or a defective item, we bear the cost.
It has appeared, it has appeared—a sword by Osafune Morishige, one of the smiths alongside Osafune Kanemitsu and Osafune Chogi who are said to represent the Soden Bizen style. This sword was originally a daitachi with a nagasa of 2 shaku 6 sun from the Nanbokucho period, around the Oan era (1368, 656 years ago), which a later warrior shortened to match his own swordsmanship style for use as his personal sashiryo. Omiya Morishige of Bizen Osafune is a master smith said to have competed in skill with Osafune Kanemitsu at that time. The sugata of this sword shows a high koshizori with a distinct difference between the motohaba and sakihaba, presenting a graceful tachi shape. The jigane is itame-hada mixed with mokume-hada, displaying a faint midare-utsuri and chikei. The hamon is nioi-honwi with nie, much like the blades of Osafune Chogi, featuring a very spirited and high gunome-midare mixed with many gunome; the tempering is particularly strong, magnificently representing the Soshu-den Bizen style here. Swords referred to as Soden Bizen like this are few, making this mumei Osafune Morishige extremely precious. The Edo-period koshirae further adds splendor to this Osafune Morishige sword. An old connoisseur has only obtained Hozon Token papers for it, but if submitted, it would immediately become Tokubetsu Hozon Token, and it is a sword with a promising future for great advancement. Having received this on consignment with the request to pass it on affordably to the next generation, please by all means enjoy this Bizen Osafune Morishige sword, a quintessential example of Nanbokucho-period Soden Bizen.
NihontoWatchBETAmumei · Nanbokucho · nagasa 70.6cm · sori 2.3cm
Bizen-den · Bizen
7 pieces on the market now
The Omiya school (大宮) of Bizen traces its name and its blood to Kyoto, not to the Bizen heartland where it eventually settled. The published sources follow the line back to a remote ancestor, Kunimori, who is said to have left Inokuma Omiya in Yamashiro province and moved into Bizen during the Kamakura period, around the Bun'o years. With him the group carried a Yamashiro sensibility into the province of choji, and that transplanted origin remains the key to everything the school later became. Learn more →
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Morikage盛景 | 1356-1390 | 92 |
| Morikage盛景 | 1299-1302 | 5 |
| Tomomori友盛 | 1156-1159 | 0 |
| Tsugumori次盛 | 1338-1342 | 0 |
| Tsugumori次盛 | 1278-1288 | 0 |
Certifies a genuine blade worth preserving: a signature confirmed correct, or, if unsigned, an era, province, and school that the NBTHK can reliably identify.
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 returns due to customer circumstances, the cost is the customer's responsibility. For returns due to our mis-shipment or a defective item, we bear the cost.
