This is a mumei wakizashi attributed to Ikkansai Yoshihiro, a Shin-Shinto smith from Kozuke province. It features a wide body, a large hirazukuri shape, and a spectacular hitatsura hamon with active jigane, resembling a galaxy. The blade comes with a complete aikuchi koshirae with a total length of 59cm and is accompanied by an NBTHK Hozon Token certificate.
NihontoWatchmumei · Bunka (1804-1818) · nagasa 39cm · sori 0.3cm
Musashi · around 1804-1818
Fujishiro Chu-jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 87%
1 piece on the market now
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 siteThis is a mumei wakizashi attributed to Ikkansai Yoshihiro, a Shin-Shinto smith from Kozuke province. It features a wide body, a large hirazukuri shape, and a spectacular hitatsura hamon with active jigane, resembling a galaxy. The blade comes with a complete aikuchi koshirae with a total length of 59cm and is accompanied by an NBTHK Hozon Token certificate.
NihontoWatchmumei · Bunka (1804-1818) · nagasa 39cm · sori 0.3cm
Musashi · around 1804-1818
Fujishiro Chu-jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 87%
1 piece on the market now
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 site
