This is a wakizashi made by the 8th generation Nobutaka in Owari province during the Shin-Shinto period. The blade features a Notare hamon and comes with an NBTHK Hozon certificate. The koshirae has a Kuro itame-ji nuri-saya and fittings depicting monkeys and dragons.
Certificate reading — 無銘（清水甚之進信高）
NihontoWatchmei · Kansei (1789-1801) · nagasa 54.85cm
Owari · around 1789-1801
Tōken Taikan top 77%
2 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.
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 site24 hour inspection period for all Antique items (USA only); all sales final on International orders.
This is a wakizashi made by the 8th generation Nobutaka in Owari province during the Shin-Shinto period. The blade features a Notare hamon and comes with an NBTHK Hozon certificate. The koshirae has a Kuro itame-ji nuri-saya and fittings depicting monkeys and dragons.
Certificate reading — 無銘（清水甚之進信高）
NihontoWatchmei · Kansei (1789-1801) · nagasa 54.85cm
Owari · around 1789-1801
Tōken Taikan top 77%
2 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.
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 site24 hour inspection period for all Antique items (USA only); all sales final on International orders.
