This is a heavy wakizashi by Naminohira Yamato no Kami Yasukuni, featuring a wide mihaba and thick kasane. The jigane is a beautiful ko-itame with masame flow, and the hamon is a high-yakiba, deep nioiguchi notare with running nie-suji along the habuchi. It comes with an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon certificate.
NihontoWatchmei · Naminohira · Edo · nagasa 49.4cm · sori 0.9cm
Satsuma · around 1684-1688
Tōken Taikan top 76%
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 siteDomestic: items may be returned within 7 days in original condition for a full refund (buyer covers transport). Overseas orders: no-refunds, no-returns.
This is a heavy wakizashi by Naminohira Yamato no Kami Yasukuni, featuring a wide mihaba and thick kasane. The jigane is a beautiful ko-itame with masame flow, and the hamon is a high-yakiba, deep nioiguchi notare with running nie-suji along the habuchi. It comes with an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon certificate.
NihontoWatchmei · Naminohira · Edo · nagasa 49.4cm · sori 0.9cm
Satsuma · around 1684-1688
Tōken Taikan top 76%
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 siteDomestic: items may be returned within 7 days in original condition for a full refund (buyer covers transport). Overseas orders: no-refunds, no-returns.
