Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
This is a Hozon-certified katana by Yokoyama Sukekane, a smith from Bizen Osafune active in the late Edo period. The blade features a straight hamon (suguha) and a tightly forged ko-itame hada, giving it a muji-style appearance. It comes with a uchigatana koshirae, including a unique lacquered saya with scattered mother-of-pearl, iron fuchi-kashira with nunome-zogan, and an iron tsuba with a paulownia crest. The blade shows some minor scratches and a few small rust spots from an old polish, and the koshirae has some damage to the saya's koiguchi and a missing shitodome.
NihontoWatchmei · Osafune · Tenpo-Meiji (1834-1872) · nagasa 73.2cm · sori 1.4cm
Bizen-den · Bizen · around 1834-1872
Tōken Taikan top 60%
11 pieces on the market now
Bizen-den · Bizen
44 pieces on the market now
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Sukenobu祐信 | 1830-1844 | 0 |
| Suketaka祐高 | 1865-1868 | 0 |
| Sukeharu祐春 | 1864-1865 | 0 |
| Sukehiro祐廣 | 1854-1860 | 0 |
| Sukekane祐包 | 1868-1912 | 0 |
The Edo period (1615 to 1868)
Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
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
¥470,000
This is a Hozon-certified katana by Yokoyama Sukekane, a smith from Bizen Osafune active in the late Edo period. The blade features a straight hamon (suguha) and a tightly forged ko-itame hada, giving it a muji-style appearance. It comes with a uchigatana koshirae, including a unique lacquered saya with scattered mother-of-pearl, iron fuchi-kashira with nunome-zogan, and an iron tsuba with a paulownia crest. The blade shows some minor scratches and a few small rust spots from an old polish, and the koshirae has some damage to the saya's koiguchi and a missing shitodome.
NihontoWatchmei · Osafune · Tenpo-Meiji (1834-1872) · nagasa 73.2cm · sori 1.4cm
Bizen-den · Bizen · around 1834-1872
Tōken Taikan top 60%
11 pieces on the market now
Bizen-den · Bizen
44 pieces on the market now
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Sukenobu祐信 | 1830-1844 | 0 |
| Suketaka祐高 | 1865-1868 | 0 |
| Sukeharu祐春 | 1864-1865 | 0 |
| Sukehiro祐廣 | 1854-1860 | 0 |
| Sukekane祐包 | 1868-1912 | 0 |
The Edo period (1615 to 1868)
Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
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¥470,000
