This is a katana by Kunihide from the mid-Edo period. It features a straight hamon mixed with notare and has a chu-kissaki. The blade is in good condition with no rust or chips, and comes with a silver sujyo habaki, black lacquered saya, and a sukashi mokko-gata shakudo nanako tsuba with gold inlay of flowers and plants. It is accompanied by an NBTHK Hozon Token certificate.
NihontoWatchmei · Edo · nagasa 69.2cm · sori 1cm
Izumo · around 1661-1681
3 pieces 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 siteThis is a katana by Kunihide from the mid-Edo period. It features a straight hamon mixed with notare and has a chu-kissaki. The blade is in good condition with no rust or chips, and comes with a silver sujyo habaki, black lacquered saya, and a sukashi mokko-gata shakudo nanako tsuba with gold inlay of flowers and plants. It is accompanied by an NBTHK Hozon Token certificate.
NihontoWatchmei · Edo · nagasa 69.2cm · sori 1cm
Izumo · around 1661-1681
3 pieces 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 site
