This is a wakizashi attributed to Mutsu no Kami Kaneho. It features a tight itame hada and a hamon with gunome in notare. The blade is accompanied by a koshirae with a black ishime saya and fittings adorned with gold inlay of the Gosan Kiri-mon on a shakudo nanako ground. It comes with an NBTHK Kanteisho.
NihontoWatchmumei · Edo · nagasa 52.4cm · sori 0.8cm
Yamato-den · Settsu · around 1624-1655
Fujishiro Jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 31%
5 pieces on the market now
Yamato-den · Yamato
24 pieces on the market now
The setsumei of the Monju (文珠) line all gather around a single figure: Shigekuni (重国), the smith better known by the appellation Nanki Shigekuni (南紀重国). The records describe him as originally of Yamato Province and a late offshoot of the Tegai group (Tegai-ha)[[c:1]], whose common name was Kurōsaburō. Learn more →
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Shigekuni重國 | 1596-1630 | 59 |
| Shigekuni重國 | 1655-1673 | 3 |
| Masazane正真 | — | 1 |
| Kanetsugu包次 | 1596-1615 | 0 |
| Kaneyasu包保 | 1661-1673 | 0 |
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 wakizashi attributed to Mutsu no Kami Kaneho. It features a tight itame hada and a hamon with gunome in notare. The blade is accompanied by a koshirae with a black ishime saya and fittings adorned with gold inlay of the Gosan Kiri-mon on a shakudo nanako ground. It comes with an NBTHK Kanteisho.
NihontoWatchmumei · Edo · nagasa 52.4cm · sori 0.8cm
Yamato-den · Settsu · around 1624-1655
Fujishiro Jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 31%
5 pieces on the market now
Yamato-den · Yamato
24 pieces on the market now
The setsumei of the Monju (文珠) line all gather around a single figure: Shigekuni (重国), the smith better known by the appellation Nanki Shigekuni (南紀重国). The records describe him as originally of Yamato Province and a late offshoot of the Tegai group (Tegai-ha)[[c:1]], whose common name was Kurōsaburō. Learn more →
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Shigekuni重國 | 1596-1630 | 59 |
| Shigekuni重國 | 1655-1673 | 3 |
| Masazane正真 | — | 1 |
| Kanetsugu包次 | 1596-1615 | 0 |
| Kaneyasu包保 | 1661-1673 | 0 |
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
