Katana signed Tango-no-kami Fujiwara TOSHINAGA from the early Edo period (Kan'ei era) in Owari province. The blade has a length of 76.2cm and comes with a Rapeseed-surface Burgundy lacquered surface Uchikatana Koshirae. The sword has a NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon certificate.
Certificate reading — 銘 丹後守藤原寿命
NihontoWatchmei · Kyowa (1801-1804) · nagasa 76.2cm · sori 1.2cm
Mino-den · Owari · around 1624-1644
Tōken Taikan top 87%
1 piece on the market now
Mino-den · Mino
14 pieces on the market now
Under the Tokugawa peace the daishō became a regulated uniform, and demand gathered in the castle towns, above all Edo itself. The craft split two ways: brilliant display work for connoisseurs, and tested blades whose cutting results were sometimes inlaid in gold.
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 a return, please contact us within 7 days of the item's arrival. If specification changes such as dimensions were made at the customer's request, a return cannot be accepted. Shipping and transfer fees are the customer's responsibility.
Katana signed Tango-no-kami Fujiwara TOSHINAGA from the early Edo period (Kan'ei era) in Owari province. The blade has a length of 76.2cm and comes with a Rapeseed-surface Burgundy lacquered surface Uchikatana Koshirae. The sword has a NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon certificate.
Certificate reading — 銘 丹後守藤原寿命
NihontoWatchmei · Kyowa (1801-1804) · nagasa 76.2cm · sori 1.2cm
Mino-den · Owari · around 1624-1644
Tōken Taikan top 87%
1 piece on the market now
Mino-den · Mino
14 pieces on the market now
Under the Tokugawa peace the daishō became a regulated uniform, and demand gathered in the castle towns, above all Edo itself. The craft split two ways: brilliant display work for connoisseurs, and tested blades whose cutting results were sometimes inlaid in gold.
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 a return, please contact us within 7 days of the item's arrival. If specification changes such as dimensions were made at the customer's request, a return cannot be accepted. Shipping and transfer fees are the customer's responsibility.
