This is a Hozon-certified o-suriage mumei wakizashi attributed to Echizen Seki. It features a flashy hamon in toran-cho style with tobiyaki, and a well-forged itame hada. With a motohaba of 3.03cm and minimal wear, it is believed to be a good quality blade from the Shinto period, likely mid-Edo.
NihontoWatchsuriage-mumei · Echizen Seki · Shinto · nagasa 51.3cm · sori 1.2cm
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
This is a Hozon-certified o-suriage mumei wakizashi attributed to Echizen Seki. It features a flashy hamon in toran-cho style with tobiyaki, and a well-forged itame hada. With a motohaba of 3.03cm and minimal wear, it is believed to be a good quality blade from the Shinto period, likely mid-Edo.
NihontoWatchsuriage-mumei · Echizen Seki · Shinto · nagasa 51.3cm · sori 1.2cm
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
