This is a wakizashi made by Fujiwara Iehira from Kanazawa, Kaga province during the Shinto period. The blade features a collaboration with Masauji and displays a robust jigane with a wavy hamon. It comes with a koshirae featuring shakudo fittings and a saya with a thousand-line carving, along with a Tokubetsu Hozon Token certificate.
NihontoWatchBETAmei · Kanbun (1661-1673) · nagasa 51.6cm · sori 1.1cm
Kaga · around 1661-1673
Fujishiro Chu-jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 75%
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 wakizashi made by Fujiwara Iehira from Kanazawa, Kaga province during the Shinto period. The blade features a collaboration with Masauji and displays a robust jigane with a wavy hamon. It comes with a koshirae featuring shakudo fittings and a saya with a thousand-line carving, along with a Tokubetsu Hozon Token certificate.
NihontoWatchBETAmei · Kanbun (1661-1673) · nagasa 51.6cm · sori 1.1cm
Kaga · around 1661-1673
Fujishiro Chu-jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 75%
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).
