This antique Edo period kozuka, crafted in the Goto-style, depicts a scene of Jigoku Zu (Buddhist hell) with figures suffering in high relief carving. The background features a nanako ground, and the piece comes with an NTHK Kanteisho certificate. Please note that only the kozuka case is included, not the small knife.
Certificate reading — 無銘（伝吉岡因幡介）
NihontoWatchBETAmumei · Goto-Style · Edo
Edo
Unsigned
NTHK (NTHK)
The NTHK’s principal certificate, issued for a fitting 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 Edo period kozuka, crafted in the Goto-style, depicts a scene of Jigoku Zu (Buddhist hell) with figures suffering in high relief carving. The background features a nanako ground, and the piece comes with an NTHK Kanteisho certificate. Please note that only the kozuka case is included, not the small knife.
Certificate reading — 無銘（伝吉岡因幡介）
NihontoWatchBETAmumei · Goto-Style · Edo
Edo
Unsigned
NTHK (NTHK)
The NTHK’s principal certificate, issued for a fitting 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.