This is a tanto crafted by Miyairi Shohei, a Living National Treasure, in 1964. It features a hira-zukuri shape with an uchizori curvature and a well-forged itame hada. The hamon is a vibrant ko-notare mixed with gunome and ko-gunome, showing rich nie and nioi. The blade comes with NBTHK Hozon papers and is housed in a shirasaya with a gold-plated double habaki.
NihontoWatchBETAmei · Gendaito · nagasa 24.2cm
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 siteReturns accepted within 8 days of receipt (cooling-off). Excludes items with alterations, exhibitions, or photography; return shipping is customer's responsibility. No returns/refunds for overseas deliveries.
This is a tanto crafted by Miyairi Shohei, a Living National Treasure, in 1964. It features a hira-zukuri shape with an uchizori curvature and a well-forged itame hada. The hamon is a vibrant ko-notare mixed with gunome and ko-gunome, showing rich nie and nioi. The blade comes with NBTHK Hozon papers and is housed in a shirasaya with a gold-plated double habaki.
NihontoWatchBETAmei · Gendaito · nagasa 24.2cm
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 siteReturns accepted within 8 days of receipt (cooling-off). Excludes items with alterations, exhibitions, or photography; return shipping is customer's responsibility. No returns/refunds for overseas deliveries.