This is an antique Wakizashi signed by Omi no Kami Fujiwara Tsuguhiro, an apprentice of the third-gen Yasutsugu and member of the Echizen Shimosaka school, active in the early Edo period (1661-1673). The blade comes with both an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate and an NTHK Kanteisho Certificate for the koshirae. It features a Kiri-designed Fuchi-Kashira and a Koi-motif Menuki, with an oval Tsuba depicting an egret under a weeping willow tree.
NihontoWatchmei · Echizen Shimosaka · Edo · nagasa 53.6cm · sori 0.8cm
Echizen · around 1661-1673
Fujishiro Chu-jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 60%
5 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.
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 is an antique Wakizashi signed by Omi no Kami Fujiwara Tsuguhiro, an apprentice of the third-gen Yasutsugu and member of the Echizen Shimosaka school, active in the early Edo period (1661-1673). The blade comes with both an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate and an NTHK Kanteisho Certificate for the koshirae. It features a Kiri-designed Fuchi-Kashira and a Koi-motif Menuki, with an oval Tsuba depicting an egret under a weeping willow tree.
NihontoWatchmei · Echizen Shimosaka · Edo · nagasa 53.6cm · sori 0.8cm
Echizen · around 1661-1673
Fujishiro Chu-jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 60%
5 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.
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.
