This is a katana by Kanenori, residing in Echizen Province, with a nagasa of 70cm. It features a shinogi-zukuri form with an iori-mune, ko-itame hada, and midare hamon. The blade comes with an NBTHK Hozon Token certificate and is mounted in a koshirae with a kiku-sukashi tsuba and gold-painted shishi-zu menuki.
NihontoWatchmei · Kanei (1624-1644) · nagasa 70cm · sori 1.3cm
Echizen · around 1624-1644
1 piece 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.
Certifies a genuine blade worth preserving: a signature confirmed correct, or, if unsigned, an era, province, and school that the NBTHK can reliably identify.
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 siteThis is a katana by Kanenori, residing in Echizen Province, with a nagasa of 70cm. It features a shinogi-zukuri form with an iori-mune, ko-itame hada, and midare hamon. The blade comes with an NBTHK Hozon Token certificate and is mounted in a koshirae with a kiku-sukashi tsuba and gold-painted shishi-zu menuki.
NihontoWatchmei · Kanei (1624-1644) · nagasa 70cm · sori 1.3cm
Echizen · around 1624-1644
1 piece 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.
Certifies a genuine blade worth preserving: a signature confirmed correct, or, if unsigned, an era, province, and school that the NBTHK can reliably identify.
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 site