This antique Japanese Wakizashi is signed by Kanesada, a swordsmith active in Mino province during the early to mid-Edo period. It comes with an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate, confirming its authenticity and artistic value. The blade features a Homare Kizu, indicating its use in battle, and is accompanied by a decorative koshirae with unique fittings depicting sake bottles and lucky gods.
NihontoWatchmei · Shinto · nagasa 49.5cm · sori 1.3cm
Mino · around 1624-1644
Tōken Taikan top 87%
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.
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 siteReturns/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 signed by Kanesada, a swordsmith active in Mino province during the early to mid-Edo period. It comes with an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate, confirming its authenticity and artistic value. The blade features a Homare Kizu, indicating its use in battle, and is accompanied by a decorative koshirae with unique fittings depicting sake bottles and lucky gods.
NihontoWatchmei · Shinto · nagasa 49.5cm · sori 1.3cm
Mino · around 1624-1644
Tōken Taikan top 87%
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.
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 siteReturns/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.
