After the Ōnin War broke the Ashikaga order, a century of Sengoku warfare armed nearly every province in Japan. The era rewards a discriminating eye: routine work exists in quantity, and beside it stand custom blades of the first rank.
This antique Katana is signed by Hisakatsu (濃州草道嶋菅原尉久勝), a swordsmith of the Akasaka Senjuin School active in Mino Province during the late Muromachi period (1513). It features a Tachi-style koshirae decorated with chrysanthemum and paulownia crests, and the tsuba has a yotsu-mokkō-gata form with inome cutouts and a nanako-ji finish. The blade comes with an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate, confirming its authenticity and high quality.
NihontoWatchmei · Akasaka Senjuin · Muromachi · nagasa 73.9cm · sori 2.7cm
The Muromachi period (1392 to 1573)
After the Ōnin War broke the Ashikaga order, a century of Sengoku warfare armed nearly every province in Japan. The era rewards a discriminating eye: routine work exists in quantity, and beside it stand custom blades of the first rank.
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 siteReturns/exchanges limited to defects caused by shipping (except willful misconduct or gross negligence by the company); customers must contact within 72 hours of receiving the product.
¥3,200,000
