This katana is attributed to Musashi no Kami Kanenaka, a smith who worked in Echizen during the early Edo period. The blade features a bright hamon with abundant activity and is accompanied by a Hozon Token certificate, a habaki, and a shirasaya. It is suitable for iai practice due to its good balance and can be fitted with a custom koshirae.
Certificate reading — 無銘（武蔵守兼中）
NihontoWatchmumei · Echizen Seki · Tenna (1681-1684) · nagasa 70.8cm · sori 1.7cm
Echizen · around 1681-1684
Tōken Taikan top 76%
3 pieces on the market now
The Edo period (1615 to 1868)
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 siteReturns accepted within 3 days of delivery for defective items or significant discrepancies; customer bears return shipping and bank fees.
¥275,000
This katana is attributed to Musashi no Kami Kanenaka, a smith who worked in Echizen during the early Edo period. The blade features a bright hamon with abundant activity and is accompanied by a Hozon Token certificate, a habaki, and a shirasaya. It is suitable for iai practice due to its good balance and can be fitted with a custom koshirae.
Certificate reading — 無銘（武蔵守兼中）
NihontoWatchmumei · Echizen Seki · Tenna (1681-1684) · nagasa 70.8cm · sori 1.7cm
Echizen · around 1681-1684
Tōken Taikan top 76%
3 pieces on the market now
The Edo period (1615 to 1868)
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 siteReturns accepted within 3 days of delivery for defective items or significant discrepancies; customer bears return shipping and bank fees.
¥275,000
