Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
This is a katana made by Yokoyama Sukemitsu, who was born in Edo Aoyama and studied under the Yokoyama school in Bizen Osafune. He was recognized by the lord of the Mito domain, Nariaki, and became a retainer. This particular blade features a large kissaki and a hamon with gunome mixed with ko-choji, reflecting the style of Nagayoshi from the Nanbokucho period.
NihontoWatchmei · Yokoyama · Edo · nagasa 69.1cm · sori 2cm
Hitachi · around 1854-1860
Fujishiro Chu saku · Tōken Taikan top 95%
3 pieces on the market now
Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
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 siteFor cooling-off, contact us within 3 days including the day you received the item, and ship it so that it arrives within 8 days. After 8 days a return cannot be accepted. Returning an item after 8 days will be treated as a buy-back.
This is a katana made by Yokoyama Sukemitsu, who was born in Edo Aoyama and studied under the Yokoyama school in Bizen Osafune. He was recognized by the lord of the Mito domain, Nariaki, and became a retainer. This particular blade features a large kissaki and a hamon with gunome mixed with ko-choji, reflecting the style of Nagayoshi from the Nanbokucho period.
NihontoWatchmei · Yokoyama · Edo · nagasa 69.1cm · sori 2cm
Hitachi · around 1854-1860
Fujishiro Chu saku · Tōken Taikan top 95%
3 pieces on the market now
Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
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 siteFor cooling-off, contact us within 3 days including the day you received the item, and ship it so that it arrives within 8 days. After 8 days a return cannot be accepted. Returning an item after 8 days will be treated as a buy-back.
