Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatchThis is a Jumonji Yari (cross-shaped spear) made by Kawai Hisayuki, dated August of Bunkyu 2 (1862), a period of the late Edo era. It features an inscription by Ooka Hirotaka. The blade measures 17.0cm in length and comes with a shirasaya.
NihontoWatchHisayuki久幸
Offered by Nosyudo
Musashi · around 1854-1860
2 pieces on the market now
The Edo period (1615 to 1868)
Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.