This is a Shin-shinto period tanto attributed to Toshinaga (Jumyo) of Mino province, featuring an unsigned blade in unokubi-zukuri shape. The jigane is a finely packed itame with jinie, and the hamon is gunome-midare with togari-ba mixed in. It comes with a black roiro-nuri aikuchi koshirae and an NBTHK Hozon Token certificate.
mumei · Kansei (1789-1801) · nagasa 28.8cm · sori 0.2cm











Kozuke · around 1789-1801
Tōken Taikan top 88%
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 siteNo cooling-off period or returns; refund only if the purchased sword is proven fake, capped at purchase price (excludes commission sales, accessories, auction items).
This is a Shin-shinto period tanto attributed to Toshinaga (Jumyo) of Mino province, featuring an unsigned blade in unokubi-zukuri shape. The jigane is a finely packed itame with jinie, and the hamon is gunome-midare with togari-ba mixed in. It comes with a black roiro-nuri aikuchi koshirae and an NBTHK Hozon Token certificate.
mumei · Kansei (1789-1801) · nagasa 28.8cm · sori 0.2cm











Kozuke · around 1789-1801
Tōken Taikan top 88%
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 siteNo cooling-off period or returns; refund only if the purchased sword is proven fake, capped at purchase price (excludes commission sales, accessories, auction items).