This katana by Kii no Kuni Yasuhiro features a healthy and substantial form with a vibrant choji hamon mimicking Bizen Ichimonji, and a prominent utsuri. It is accompanied by an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon certificate and housed in a shirasaya. The smith belongs to the Kishu Ishido school.
NihontoWatchmei · Kishu Ishido · Kanei (1624-1644) · nagasa 71.67cm · sori 2cm
Kii · around 1624-1644
Tōken Taikan top 60%
2 pieces 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 siteThis katana by Kii no Kuni Yasuhiro features a healthy and substantial form with a vibrant choji hamon mimicking Bizen Ichimonji, and a prominent utsuri. It is accompanied by an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon certificate and housed in a shirasaya. The smith belongs to the Kishu Ishido school.
NihontoWatchmei · Kishu Ishido · Kanei (1624-1644) · nagasa 71.67cm · sori 2cm
Kii · around 1624-1644
Tōken Taikan top 60%
2 pieces 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 site
