According to the sayagaki, this tachi has been handed down since ancient times as a Bizen Fukuoka Ichimonji Nobufusa; however, in the kime of the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai, it is designated as Omiya due to being mumei. The representative swordsmith who was active in the Omiya region of Bizen is Omiya Morikage. The period is the Kamakura period, around the Kagen era (1303) (721 years ago). Because the deki of this sword is magnificent, it is likely fine to attribute it to Omiya Morikage. The sugata exhibits a tachi form with little sori, the jigane is a well-tightened itame-hada with fine ji-nie on the ji, and the hamon is a choji-ba in nioi-deki with nie, showing great variation in depth and changes, fired with a splendidly flamboyant choji-ba like that of Fukuoka Ichimonji. A midare-utsuri stands out clearly across the entire ji, making it ideal for studying Bizen utsuri. Both the ji and ha exhibit wonderful hataraki. The koshirae is also magnificent; an Itomaki-no-tachi koshirae related to the Imperial Household, adorned with kiku-mon and go-san-no-kiri-mon, adds a further layer of elegance to this sword. Having received this from an old sukyosha (connoisseur) with the request to pass it on to the next generation at a low price, we are offering this extremely precious tachi attributed as Omiya and its Itomaki-no-tachi koshirae at a super-exceptional price—essentially the cost of the tachi koshirae alone. Please do enjoy it.
NihontoWatchmumei · Kamakura · nagasa 68.7cm · sori 0.8cm
Bizen-den · Bizen
8 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 |
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 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.
According to the sayagaki, this tachi has been handed down since ancient times as a Bizen Fukuoka Ichimonji Nobufusa; however, in the kime of the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai, it is designated as Omiya due to being mumei. The representative swordsmith who was active in the Omiya region of Bizen is Omiya Morikage. The period is the Kamakura period, around the Kagen era (1303) (721 years ago). Because the deki of this sword is magnificent, it is likely fine to attribute it to Omiya Morikage. The sugata exhibits a tachi form with little sori, the jigane is a well-tightened itame-hada with fine ji-nie on the ji, and the hamon is a choji-ba in nioi-deki with nie, showing great variation in depth and changes, fired with a splendidly flamboyant choji-ba like that of Fukuoka Ichimonji. A midare-utsuri stands out clearly across the entire ji, making it ideal for studying Bizen utsuri. Both the ji and ha exhibit wonderful hataraki. The koshirae is also magnificent; an Itomaki-no-tachi koshirae related to the Imperial Household, adorned with kiku-mon and go-san-no-kiri-mon, adds a further layer of elegance to this sword. Having received this from an old sukyosha (connoisseur) with the request to pass it on to the next generation at a low price, we are offering this extremely precious tachi attributed as Omiya and its Itomaki-no-tachi koshirae at a super-exceptional price—essentially the cost of the tachi koshirae alone. Please do enjoy it.
NihontoWatchmumei · Kamakura · nagasa 68.7cm · sori 0.8cm
Bizen-den · Bizen
8 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 |
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 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.
