This is a tanto signed by Kanesaki, residing in Tsuyama, Mimasaka Province, from the mid-Edo period. It comes with both shirasaya and koshirae, and is accompanied by a Tokubetsu Kicho Token certificate. The listing notes that there are several smiths with the same name, originally from Seki.
NihontoWatchmei · Genroku (1688-1704) · nagasa 28.18cm · sori 0.3cm
Mimasaka · around 1688-1704
Tōken Taikan top 95%
1 piece 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.
This work carries older NBTHK “Kichō”-era papers, which the NBTHK no longer issues and now regards as unreliable. To confirm the attribution, submission to an official Japanese examination body (such as the NBTHK or NTHK) for modern certification could be considered.
This is a tanto signed by Kanesaki, residing in Tsuyama, Mimasaka Province, from the mid-Edo period. It comes with both shirasaya and koshirae, and is accompanied by a Tokubetsu Kicho Token certificate. The listing notes that there are several smiths with the same name, originally from Seki.
NihontoWatchmei · Genroku (1688-1704) · nagasa 28.18cm · sori 0.3cm
Mimasaka · around 1688-1704
Tōken Taikan top 95%
1 piece 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.
This work carries older NBTHK “Kichō”-era papers, which the NBTHK no longer issues and now regards as unreliable. To confirm the attribution, submission to an official Japanese examination body (such as the NBTHK or NTHK) for modern certification could be considered.
