This is a Tanto by Kawachi Daijo Fujiwara Yoshishoku, residing in Echizen province during the early Edo period. It features a hira-zukuri, iori-mune construction with a well-packed masame-hada and thick ji-nie. The hamon is chu-suguha with shallow notare and ko-midare, showing active nie, sunagashi, and kinsuji. The blade comes with a shirasaya and a koshirae featuring a black ishime-nuri saya with a hidden family crest makie.
NihontoWatchmei · Echizen Shimosaka · Kanei (1624-1644) · nagasa 29.5cm · sori 0.1cm
Echizen · around 1624-1644
Fujishiro Jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 60%
2 pieces on the market now
For two and a half centuries of peace the sword was the warrior’s legal badge rather than his weapon. Each great city developed its own manner, Edo’s tested strength against Ōsaka’s polished brilliance, until demand thinned in the era’s last decades.
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 siteWithin one week of the item's arrival (cooling-off is possible within Japan only). For defects that differ from the purchase conditions, we will accept the return and refund the payment. For other cases such as overseas, we will consult separately.
This is a Tanto by Kawachi Daijo Fujiwara Yoshishoku, residing in Echizen province during the early Edo period. It features a hira-zukuri, iori-mune construction with a well-packed masame-hada and thick ji-nie. The hamon is chu-suguha with shallow notare and ko-midare, showing active nie, sunagashi, and kinsuji. The blade comes with a shirasaya and a koshirae featuring a black ishime-nuri saya with a hidden family crest makie.
NihontoWatchmei · Echizen Shimosaka · Kanei (1624-1644) · nagasa 29.5cm · sori 0.1cm
Echizen · around 1624-1644
Fujishiro Jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 60%
2 pieces on the market now
For two and a half centuries of peace the sword was the warrior’s legal badge rather than his weapon. Each great city developed its own manner, Edo’s tested strength against Ōsaka’s polished brilliance, until demand thinned in the era’s last decades.
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 siteWithin one week of the item's arrival (cooling-off is possible within Japan only). For defects that differ from the purchase conditions, we will accept the return and refund the payment. For other cases such as overseas, we will consult separately.
