This is a rare late Edo period tanto, mumei but attributed to Katsumura Masakatsu. It features a profuse nie deki suguha temper with sunagashi and kinsuji, and a mixed itame and masame hada. The tanto comes with a money slot koshirae and is accompanied by an NBTHK Hozon Certificate.
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Hitachi · around 1865-1868
Tōken Taikan top 63%
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 siteThis is a rare late Edo period tanto, mumei but attributed to Katsumura Masakatsu. It features a profuse nie deki suguha temper with sunagashi and kinsuji, and a mixed itame and masame hada. The tanto comes with a money slot koshirae and is accompanied by an NBTHK Hozon Certificate.
NihontoWatchBETAHitachi · around 1865-1868
Tōken Taikan top 63%
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 site
