This is a katana by Fujiwara Sanemitsu, residing in Toyoshu Takada, from the early Edo period. It features a well-packed itame hada and a nie-deki gunome midare hamon. The blade comes with a Tokubetsu Hozon certificate from the NBTHK and is housed in a shirasaya.
NihontoWatchmei · Kanbun (1661-1673) · nagasa 69.4cm · sori 1.4cm
Bungo · around 1661-1673
Fujishiro Chu-jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 87%
4 pieces on the market now
A Hozon-certified blade judged to show notably superior workmanship and a better state of preservation. The bar is higher: re-tempered blades and most unsigned Muromachi/Edo works are excluded.
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 katana by Fujiwara Sanemitsu, residing in Toyoshu Takada, from the early Edo period. It features a well-packed itame hada and a nie-deki gunome midare hamon. The blade comes with a Tokubetsu Hozon certificate from the NBTHK and is housed in a shirasaya.
NihontoWatchmei · Kanbun (1661-1673) · nagasa 69.4cm · sori 1.4cm
Bungo · around 1661-1673
Fujishiro Chu-jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 87%
4 pieces on the market now
A Hozon-certified blade judged to show notably superior workmanship and a better state of preservation. The bar is higher: re-tempered blades and most unsigned Muromachi/Edo works are excluded.
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
