This antique Japanese wakizashi is attributed to the swordsmith Tada Masatoshi, active during the Ansei era (1855-1860) at the end of the Edo period. Masatoshi was an apprentice of Hosokawa Masayoshi and a samurai from Tsuyama domain. The blade comes with an NTHK Kanteisho Certificate, confirming its attribution and authenticity.
NihontoWatchmumei · Kaei (1848-1854) · nagasa 54.5cm · sori 0.1cm
Mimasaka · around 1844-1848
Fujishiro Chu saku · Tōken Taikan top 95%
2 pieces on the market now
For two and a half centuries of peace the sword was the warrior’s legal badge rather than his weapon. Each great city developed its own manner, Edo’s tested strength against Ōsaka’s polished brilliance, until demand thinned in the era’s last decades.
The NTHK’s principal certificate, issued for a blade of considerable quality. It confirms a genuine signature, or, for an unsigned (mumei) work, records the judges’ attribution to a smith or school. The paper carries a detailed worksheet with a numerical point score.
The NTHK (Nihon Tōken Hozon Kai, the Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Sword) is the oldest of Japan’s sword-appraisal bodies, founded in 1910, decades before the NBTHK. After the death of its long-serving head it divided into two successor societies, the NTHK and the NTHK-NPO, both of which continue to hold shinsa. NTHK certificates are known for a detailed worksheet that records a numerical point score alongside the judges’ written opinion, and the society is especially respected for its attribution of unsigned (mumei) work.
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 wakizashi is attributed to the swordsmith Tada Masatoshi, active during the Ansei era (1855-1860) at the end of the Edo period. Masatoshi was an apprentice of Hosokawa Masayoshi and a samurai from Tsuyama domain. The blade comes with an NTHK Kanteisho Certificate, confirming its attribution and authenticity.
NihontoWatchmumei · Kaei (1848-1854) · nagasa 54.5cm · sori 0.1cm
Mimasaka · around 1844-1848
Fujishiro Chu saku · Tōken Taikan top 95%
2 pieces on the market now
For two and a half centuries of peace the sword was the warrior’s legal badge rather than his weapon. Each great city developed its own manner, Edo’s tested strength against Ōsaka’s polished brilliance, until demand thinned in the era’s last decades.
The NTHK’s principal certificate, issued for a blade of considerable quality. It confirms a genuine signature, or, for an unsigned (mumei) work, records the judges’ attribution to a smith or school. The paper carries a detailed worksheet with a numerical point score.
The NTHK (Nihon Tōken Hozon Kai, the Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Sword) is the oldest of Japan’s sword-appraisal bodies, founded in 1910, decades before the NBTHK. After the death of its long-serving head it divided into two successor societies, the NTHK and the NTHK-NPO, both of which continue to hold shinsa. NTHK certificates are known for a detailed worksheet that records a numerical point score alongside the judges’ written opinion, and the society is especially respected for its attribution of unsigned (mumei) work.
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.
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