This is a wakizashi by Omi no Kami Fujiwara Tsuguhiro from the early Edo period, made in Echizen province. It features a fine straight hamon and comes with a shirasaya. The blade is accompanied by an NTHK appraisal certificate.
NihontoWatchmei · Kanbun (1661-1673) · nagasa 46.6cm · sori 0.8cm
Echizen · around 1661-1673
Fujishiro Chu-jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 60%
5 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.
The NTHK’s principal certificate, issued for a blade of considerable quality. It confirms a genuine signature, or, for an unsigned (mumei) work, records the judges’ attribution to a smith or school. The paper carries a detailed worksheet with a numerical point score.
The NTHK (Nihon Tōken Hozon Kai, the Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Sword) is the oldest of Japan’s sword-appraisal bodies, founded in 1910, decades before the NBTHK. After the death of its long-serving head it divided into two successor societies, the NTHK and the NTHK-NPO, both of which continue to hold shinsa. NTHK certificates are known for a detailed worksheet that records a numerical point score alongside the judges’ written opinion, and the society is especially respected for its attribution of unsigned (mumei) work.
This is a wakizashi by Omi no Kami Fujiwara Tsuguhiro from the early Edo period, made in Echizen province. It features a fine straight hamon and comes with a shirasaya. The blade is accompanied by an NTHK appraisal certificate.
NihontoWatchmei · Kanbun (1661-1673) · nagasa 46.6cm · sori 0.8cm
Echizen · around 1661-1673
Fujishiro Chu-jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 60%
5 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.
The NTHK’s principal certificate, issued for a blade of considerable quality. It confirms a genuine signature, or, for an unsigned (mumei) work, records the judges’ attribution to a smith or school. The paper carries a detailed worksheet with a numerical point score.
The NTHK (Nihon Tōken Hozon Kai, the Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Sword) is the oldest of Japan’s sword-appraisal bodies, founded in 1910, decades before the NBTHK. After the death of its long-serving head it divided into two successor societies, the NTHK and the NTHK-NPO, both of which continue to hold shinsa. NTHK certificates are known for a detailed worksheet that records a numerical point score alongside the judges’ written opinion, and the society is especially respected for its attribution of unsigned (mumei) work.
