Muromachi turned sword making into an industry: the uchigatana rose with massed infantry warfare, Osafune and Seki produced bundle swords beside custom orders, and the Ming trade carried Japanese blades abroad by the tens of thousands.
This is an unsigned wakizashi attributed to the Sue-Seki school from the late Muromachi period. It features a honzukuri-iori-mune construction with an ubu-nakago, and an itame-hada mixed with mokume-hada, showing ji-nie and chikei, with shirake-utsuri. The hamon is gunome-midare with togari-ba mixed in, and ko-nie is well-formed and bright. It comes with a Rikugun Gunto koshirae.
NihontoWatchmumei · Sue-Seki · Muromachi · nagasa 54.3cm · sori 1.6cm
Muromachi turned sword making into an industry: the uchigatana rose with massed infantry warfare, Osafune and Seki produced bundle swords beside custom orders, and the Ming trade carried Japanese blades abroad by the tens of thousands.
We could not find an authenticity certificate on the seller’s listing. Japanese swords and fittings are normally papered by the NBTHK (or the NTHK). Without one, the attribution is the seller’s own assessment and has not been independently verified — treat it with caution and ask the dealer about certification before buying.
Within one week of the item's arrival (cooling-off is possible within Japan only). For defects that differ from the purchase conditions, we will accept the return and refund the payment. For other cases such as overseas, we will consult separately.
This is an unsigned wakizashi attributed to the Sue-Seki school from the late Muromachi period. It features a honzukuri-iori-mune construction with an ubu-nakago, and an itame-hada mixed with mokume-hada, showing ji-nie and chikei, with shirake-utsuri. The hamon is gunome-midare with togari-ba mixed in, and ko-nie is well-formed and bright. It comes with a Rikugun Gunto koshirae.
NihontoWatchmumei · Sue-Seki · Muromachi · nagasa 54.3cm · sori 1.6cm
Muromachi turned sword making into an industry: the uchigatana rose with massed infantry warfare, Osafune and Seki produced bundle swords beside custom orders, and the Ming trade carried Japanese blades abroad by the tens of thousands.
We could not find an authenticity certificate on the seller’s listing. Japanese swords and fittings are normally papered by the NBTHK (or the NTHK). Without one, the attribution is the seller’s own assessment and has not been independently verified — treat it with caution and ask the dealer about certification before buying.
Within one week of the item's arrival (cooling-off is possible within Japan only). For defects that differ from the purchase conditions, we will accept the return and refund the payment. For other cases such as overseas, we will consult separately.
