This is a consignment sale of a Hozon Token Nanki Kunimitsu tanto, featuring an impressive width of 32mm and a thickness exceeding 8mm. It comes with a koshirae and was made in Genji 2 (1865). Nanki Kunimitsu was a sword smith for the Kishu Tokugawa family, working in Wakayama Castle town and Edo.
NihontoWatchmei · Shin-shinto · nagasa 25.9cm
Kii (Wakayama) · Edo
1 piece on the market now
Certifies a genuine blade worth preserving: a signature confirmed correct, or, if unsigned, an era, province, and school that the NBTHK can reliably identify.
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 Hozon Token Nanki Kunimitsu tanto, featuring an impressive width of 32mm and a thickness exceeding 8mm. It comes with a koshirae and was made in Genji 2 (1865). Nanki Kunimitsu was a sword smith for the Kishu Tokugawa family, working in Wakayama Castle town and Edo.
NihontoWatchmei · Shin-shinto · nagasa 25.9cm
Kii (Wakayama) · Edo
1 piece on the market now
Certifies a genuine blade worth preserving: a signature confirmed correct, or, if unsigned, an era, province, and school that the NBTHK can reliably identify.
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
