This wakizashi is signed by Mutsu Daijo Miyoshi Nagamichi, a smith born in Aizu, Mutsu province, during the Kanei era. It is dated to around Enpo 8 (1680) based on the signature style. The blade features a wide body, thick kasane, high shinogi, and a moderate sori, with a robust chu-kissaki. The jigane shows strong masame-hada on the shinogi-ji and well-packed ko-itame mixed with itame on the hira-ji, with active chikei and abundant ji-nie, creating a bright surface. The hamon is a gunome-choji midare, reminiscent of Kotetsu, with two or three gunome connected, interspersed with ko-choji and ko-gunome, and tama in the ji, displaying a vibrant and bright yakiba.
NihontoWatchmei · Edo · nagasa 53.48cm · sori 1.39cm
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 siteIf, due to our fault, the item differs significantly from its proper condition, the item may be returned. Cooling-off is within one week of the item's arrival.
This wakizashi is signed by Mutsu Daijo Miyoshi Nagamichi, a smith born in Aizu, Mutsu province, during the Kanei era. It is dated to around Enpo 8 (1680) based on the signature style. The blade features a wide body, thick kasane, high shinogi, and a moderate sori, with a robust chu-kissaki. The jigane shows strong masame-hada on the shinogi-ji and well-packed ko-itame mixed with itame on the hira-ji, with active chikei and abundant ji-nie, creating a bright surface. The hamon is a gunome-choji midare, reminiscent of Kotetsu, with two or three gunome connected, interspersed with ko-choji and ko-gunome, and tama in the ji, displaying a vibrant and bright yakiba.
NihontoWatchmei · Edo · nagasa 53.48cm · sori 1.39cm
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 siteIf, due to our fault, the item differs significantly from its proper condition, the item may be returned. Cooling-off is within one week of the item's arrival.