NihontoWatch短刀 銘 日本重要無形文化財龍泉貞次彫同作(花押) 皇孫御守刀以余鉄 昭和四十一年八月吉日 <audio controls preload="auto"> <source src="clocktowerbell.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /> </audio> Nihon Juyo mukei bunkazai Ryusen SADATSUGU hori dosaku (Kao) Koson onmamorigatana no yotetsu wo motte Moto-haba (Width at Ha-machi) : Approx. 2.52cm
NihontoWatchOffered by Choshuya
Ehime · around 1926-1989
3 pieces on the market now
Shōwa to the present: destruction and revival
The twentieth century nearly killed the craft twice: wartime distortion, then the occupation ban. The NBTHK’s founding in 1948 and licensed forging from 1953 rebuilt the sword as an art, crowned by Living National Treasures and the mukansa rank.
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 siteIf, due to our fault, the item differs significantly from its proper condition, the item may be returned. Cooling-off is within one week of the item's arrival.
¥2,000,000