This is a katana by Kagemori from Bizen Province, dating to the Kamakura period (specifically Tenpuku era, 1233-1234). The blade is signed and features a small-midare hamon with choji, hakoba, and togari-ba mixed in, with utsuri. The jigane is itame and mokume mixed, well-forged. The dealer offers a guarantee for Tokubetsu Hozon certification.
NihontoWatchmei · Kamakura · nagasa 81cm · sori 2.6cm
Bizen · around 987-1596
1 piece 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 Kagemori from Bizen Province, dating to the Kamakura period (specifically Tenpuku era, 1233-1234). The blade is signed and features a small-midare hamon with choji, hakoba, and togari-ba mixed in, with utsuri. The jigane is itame and mokume mixed, well-forged. The dealer offers a guarantee for Tokubetsu Hozon certification.
NihontoWatchmei · Kamakura · nagasa 81cm · sori 2.6cm
Bizen · around 987-1596
1 piece 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