This katana was made by Nagashima Yoshikatsu in the late Edo period. The blade features a ko-itame hada and a choji-midare hamon. It is accompanied by a Tokubetsu Hozon certificate from the NBTHK.
Certificate reading — 銘 長嶋義勝鍛之 慶応二戊辰年三月日
NihontoWatchmei · Keio (1865-1868) · nagasa 69.4cm · sori 1.6cm
Hitachi · around 1865-1868
Tōken Taikan top 95%
2 pieces on the market now
Under the Tokugawa peace the daishō became a regulated uniform, and demand gathered in the castle towns, above all Edo itself. The craft split two ways: brilliant display work for connoisseurs, and tested blades whose cutting results were sometimes inlaid in gold.
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 katana was made by Nagashima Yoshikatsu in the late Edo period. The blade features a ko-itame hada and a choji-midare hamon. It is accompanied by a Tokubetsu Hozon certificate from the NBTHK.
Certificate reading — 銘 長嶋義勝鍛之 慶応二戊辰年三月日
NihontoWatchmei · Keio (1865-1868) · nagasa 69.4cm · sori 1.6cm
Hitachi · around 1865-1868
Tōken Taikan top 95%
2 pieces on the market now
Under the Tokugawa peace the daishō became a regulated uniform, and demand gathered in the castle towns, above all Edo itself. The craft split two ways: brilliant display work for connoisseurs, and tested blades whose cutting results were sometimes inlaid in gold.
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.
