This is a consignment sale of a tanto by Miyamoto Kanenori, an Imperial Household Artist active from the late Edo to Taisho periods. The blade features a solid gold habaki and a carving of 'Samuhara' (an amulet) on the blade. It comes with koshirae and is accompanied by a Tokubetsu Hozon certificate.
NihontoWatchmei · Bunkyu-Meiji (1861-1912) · nagasa 12.2cm
Hoki · around 1861-1864
2 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 consignment sale of a tanto by Miyamoto Kanenori, an Imperial Household Artist active from the late Edo to Taisho periods. The blade features a solid gold habaki and a carving of 'Samuhara' (an amulet) on the blade. It comes with koshirae and is accompanied by a Tokubetsu Hozon certificate.
NihontoWatchmei · Bunkyu-Meiji (1861-1912) · nagasa 12.2cm
Hoki · around 1861-1864
2 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
