This is a katana by Mutsu-daijo Tachibana Morimune, a smith from Mutsu province active in the early Edo period around 1615. The blade features a shinogizukuri shape with a chu-kissaki, a well-forged itame hada with ji-nie, and a vibrant gunome-choji-midare hamon with abundant activities. It comes with a silver habaki, shirasaya, and a koshirae with a brown ishime-ji saya, accompanied by an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token certificate.
NihontoWatchBETAmei · Genna (1615-1624) · nagasa 71.2cm · sori 1.5cm
Mutsu · around 1615-1624
Tōken Taikan top 76%
1 piece on the market now
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 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 katana by Mutsu-daijo Tachibana Morimune, a smith from Mutsu province active in the early Edo period around 1615. The blade features a shinogizukuri shape with a chu-kissaki, a well-forged itame hada with ji-nie, and a vibrant gunome-choji-midare hamon with abundant activities. It comes with a silver habaki, shirasaya, and a koshirae with a brown ishime-ji saya, accompanied by an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token certificate.
NihontoWatchBETAmei · Genna (1615-1624) · nagasa 71.2cm · sori 1.5cm
Mutsu · around 1615-1624
Tōken Taikan top 76%
1 piece on the market now
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 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).