This is a katana made by Kaga no Kami Fujiwara Sadahiro of the Echizen Shimosaka school during the early Edo period (Enpo era). The blade has a chu-suguha hamon and comes with a Hozon Token certificate. It is mounted in a koshirae with a sayagaki and a shirasaya.
Certificate reading — 銘 加賀守藤原貞広 越前住下坂
NihontoWatchmei · Shimosaka · Kanbun (1661-1673) · nagasa 70.07cm · sori 1.3cm
Echizen · around 1661-1673
Fujishiro Chu saku
1 piece on the market now
For two and a half centuries of peace the sword was the warrior’s legal badge rather than his weapon. Each great city developed its own manner, Edo’s tested strength against Ōsaka’s polished brilliance, until demand thinned in the era’s last decades.
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 siteReturns accepted within 3 days of delivery for defective items or significant discrepancies; customer bears return shipping and bank fees.
This is a katana made by Kaga no Kami Fujiwara Sadahiro of the Echizen Shimosaka school during the early Edo period (Enpo era). The blade has a chu-suguha hamon and comes with a Hozon Token certificate. It is mounted in a koshirae with a sayagaki and a shirasaya.
Certificate reading — 銘 加賀守藤原貞広 越前住下坂
NihontoWatchmei · Shimosaka · Kanbun (1661-1673) · nagasa 70.07cm · sori 1.3cm
Echizen · around 1661-1673
Fujishiro Chu saku
1 piece on the market now
For two and a half centuries of peace the sword was the warrior’s legal badge rather than his weapon. Each great city developed its own manner, Edo’s tested strength against Ōsaka’s polished brilliance, until demand thinned in the era’s last decades.
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 siteReturns accepted within 3 days of delivery for defective items or significant discrepancies; customer bears return shipping and bank fees.
