This antique Japanese Katana is signed by Fujiwara Sadahiro, a swordsmith from the Shimosaka school active in the mid-Edo period (Genroku Era, 1688-1704). The blade features a Suguha Hamon and comes with a snakeskin-coated scabbard and intricate mountings. It is accompanied by an NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Certificate, issued in 1964.
NihontoWatchmei · Shimosaka · Edo · nagasa 69.7cm · sori 1.3cm
Echizen · around 1661-1673
Fujishiro Chu saku
1 piece on the market now
Under the Tokugawa peace the daishō became a regulated uniform, and demand gathered in the castle towns, above all Edo itself. The craft split two ways: brilliant display work for connoisseurs, and tested blades whose cutting results were sometimes inlaid in gold.
This work carries older NBTHK “Kichō”-era papers, which the NBTHK no longer issues and now regards as unreliable. To confirm the attribution, submission to an official Japanese examination body (such as the NBTHK or NTHK) for modern certification could be considered.
Returns/exchanges limited to defects caused by shipping (except willful misconduct or gross negligence by the company); customers must contact within 72 hours of receiving the product.
This antique Japanese Katana is signed by Fujiwara Sadahiro, a swordsmith from the Shimosaka school active in the mid-Edo period (Genroku Era, 1688-1704). The blade features a Suguha Hamon and comes with a snakeskin-coated scabbard and intricate mountings. It is accompanied by an NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Certificate, issued in 1964.
NihontoWatchmei · Shimosaka · Edo · nagasa 69.7cm · sori 1.3cm
Echizen · around 1661-1673
Fujishiro Chu saku
1 piece on the market now
Under the Tokugawa peace the daishō became a regulated uniform, and demand gathered in the castle towns, above all Edo itself. The craft split two ways: brilliant display work for connoisseurs, and tested blades whose cutting results were sometimes inlaid in gold.
This work carries older NBTHK “Kichō”-era papers, which the NBTHK no longer issues and now regards as unreliable. To confirm the attribution, submission to an official Japanese examination body (such as the NBTHK or NTHK) for modern certification could be considered.
Returns/exchanges limited to defects caused by shipping (except willful misconduct or gross negligence by the company); customers must contact within 72 hours of receiving the product.
