This is a tanto attributed to Shinkei Tanemitsu, from the late Edo period (Keio era, around 1865). It features a hira-zukuri form with an itame hada and gunome hamon. The blade comes with a full koshirae including a black braided silk tsuka and a brush-patterned saya, along with dragon-themed fittings.
NihontoWatchmumei · Keio (1865-1868) · nagasa 30.8cm · sori 0.5cm
Hitachi · around 1865-1868
Tōken Taikan top 76%
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.
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 tanto attributed to Shinkei Tanemitsu, from the late Edo period (Keio era, around 1865). It features a hira-zukuri form with an itame hada and gunome hamon. The blade comes with a full koshirae including a black braided silk tsuka and a brush-patterned saya, along with dragon-themed fittings.
NihontoWatchmumei · Keio (1865-1868) · nagasa 30.8cm · sori 0.5cm
Hitachi · around 1865-1868
Tōken Taikan top 76%
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.
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.
