This is a wakizashi by Nobusaku, a smith from Kakegawa in Totomi province, active during the late Edo period. It features a hirazukuri-ianemune form with a well-packed itame-hada mixed with masame, and a chu-suguha hamon with shallow notare and small midare. The blade comes with a shirasaya and a koshirae featuring a black roiro saya with a sharkskin ground.
NihontoWatchBETAmei · Edo · nagasa 25.8cm
Totomi · around 1865-1868
Tōken Taikan top 91%
1 piece on the market now
Certifies a genuine blade worth preserving: a signature confirmed correct, or, if unsigned, an era, province, and school that the NBTHK can reliably identify.
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 siteWithin 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 a wakizashi by Nobusaku, a smith from Kakegawa in Totomi province, active during the late Edo period. It features a hirazukuri-ianemune form with a well-packed itame-hada mixed with masame, and a chu-suguha hamon with shallow notare and small midare. The blade comes with a shirasaya and a koshirae featuring a black roiro saya with a sharkskin ground.
NihontoWatchBETAmei · Edo · nagasa 25.8cm
Totomi · around 1865-1868
Tōken Taikan top 91%
1 piece on the market now
Certifies a genuine blade worth preserving: a signature confirmed correct, or, if unsigned, an era, province, and school that the NBTHK can reliably identify.
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 siteWithin 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.
