NihontoWatchTokucho: Enshu Yokosuka ju Kuniyasu, whose real name was Nakatsuka Hatsuzo, was a monjin of Suishinshi Masahide; he initially signed his mei as Ittaishi Mitsuhide or Omi no Kuni Yokosuka ju Mitsuhide, but changed his mei to Kuniyasu in Bunka 1 by order of his lord. In the Shinto Bengi (written by Kamada Natae), he is highly evaluated as a master not inferior to Masahide. New polish, good condition
Certificate reading — 銘 遠州横須賀住国安作 文化七年八月日
NihontoWatchOffered by Samurai Shokai
Machine translation from the shop's Japanese · may contain errors ·
Totomi · around 1789-1818
1 piece on the market now
The Shinshintō revival
Around 1800 Suishinshi Masahide argued in his writings that the craft must return to the old masters’ methods: the fukkotō revival. His greatest successor Naotane worked convincingly in Bizen and Sōshū manners that had been dead for centuries.
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 are possible within 3 days of the item's arrival; however, cooling-off may not apply if any of the notes below applies. Notes: - The item's condition differs from the time of sale - 3 or more days have passed since the item's arrival - A trade-in item was part of the purchase - Items delivered overseas cannot be returned - The item was purchased in our shop - Return shipping and the bank transfer fee for the refund are at the customer's expense Please also note that bank transfer fees, credit card fees and cash-on-delivery fees cannot be refunded. (Refunds for credit card, cash-on-delivery and similar payments are made after the payment has reached us.)
¥600,000