This is a wakizashi by Kanefusa, dating to the Tensho era (Momoyama period) from Mino province. It features a hira-zukuri form with an iori-mune and an itame jigane. The hamon is Kanefusa midare, and the boshi is maruku kaeru. It comes with a shirasaya and has a NTHK Kanteisho certificate.
NihontoWatchmei · Tensho (1573-1592) · nagasa 37.12cm · sori 0.61cm
Mino · around 1573-1592
3 pieces on the market now
The NTHK’s principal certificate, issued for a blade of considerable quality. It confirms a genuine signature, or, for an unsigned (mumei) work, records the judges’ attribution to a smith or school. The paper carries a detailed worksheet with a numerical point score.
The NTHK (Nihon Tōken Hozon Kai, the Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Sword) is the oldest of Japan’s sword-appraisal bodies, founded in 1910, decades before the NBTHK. After the death of its long-serving head it divided into two successor societies, the NTHK and the NTHK-NPO, both of which continue to hold shinsa. NTHK certificates are known for a detailed worksheet that records a numerical point score alongside the judges’ written opinion, and the society is especially respected for its attribution of unsigned (mumei) work.
This is a wakizashi by Kanefusa, dating to the Tensho era (Momoyama period) from Mino province. It features a hira-zukuri form with an iori-mune and an itame jigane. The hamon is Kanefusa midare, and the boshi is maruku kaeru. It comes with a shirasaya and has a NTHK Kanteisho certificate.
NihontoWatchmei · Tensho (1573-1592) · nagasa 37.12cm · sori 0.61cm
Mino · around 1573-1592
3 pieces on the market now
The NTHK’s principal certificate, issued for a blade of considerable quality. It confirms a genuine signature, or, for an unsigned (mumei) work, records the judges’ attribution to a smith or school. The paper carries a detailed worksheet with a numerical point score.
The NTHK (Nihon Tōken Hozon Kai, the Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Sword) is the oldest of Japan’s sword-appraisal bodies, founded in 1910, decades before the NBTHK. After the death of its long-serving head it divided into two successor societies, the NTHK and the NTHK-NPO, both of which continue to hold shinsa. NTHK certificates are known for a detailed worksheet that records a numerical point score alongside the judges’ written opinion, and the society is especially respected for its attribution of unsigned (mumei) work.
