Muromachi turned sword making into an industry: the uchigatana rose with massed infantry warfare, Osafune and Seki produced bundle swords beside custom orders, and the Ming trade carried Japanese blades abroad by the tens of thousands.
This is a Tanto signed by Yoshimitsu from the Tosa province, active around the Eisho era (1504-). It features a hira-zukuri construction with an exceptionally thick kasane, characteristic of a Yoroi-doshi (armor-piercing dagger). The blade comes with an NBTHK Hozon certificate and is accompanied by a black-lacquered Natane-Nuri Saya Aikuchi Tanto Koshirae and a gold-foiled Habaki in Shirasaya.
NihontoWatchmei · Muromachi · nagasa 21.7cm
Tosa · around 1528-1532
Tōken Taikan top 21%
2 pieces on the market now
The Muromachi period (1392 to 1573)
Muromachi turned sword making into an industry: the uchigatana rose with massed infantry warfare, Osafune and Seki produced bundle swords beside custom orders, and the Ming trade carried Japanese blades abroad by the tens of thousands.
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 siteFor a return, please contact us within 7 days of the item's arrival. If specification changes such as dimensions were made at the customer's request, a return cannot be accepted. Shipping and transfer fees are the customer's responsibility.
¥400,000
This is a Tanto signed by Yoshimitsu from the Tosa province, active around the Eisho era (1504-). It features a hira-zukuri construction with an exceptionally thick kasane, characteristic of a Yoroi-doshi (armor-piercing dagger). The blade comes with an NBTHK Hozon certificate and is accompanied by a black-lacquered Natane-Nuri Saya Aikuchi Tanto Koshirae and a gold-foiled Habaki in Shirasaya.
NihontoWatchmei · Muromachi · nagasa 21.7cm
Tosa · around 1528-1532
Tōken Taikan top 21%
2 pieces on the market now
The Muromachi period (1392 to 1573)
Muromachi turned sword making into an industry: the uchigatana rose with massed infantry warfare, Osafune and Seki produced bundle swords beside custom orders, and the Ming trade carried Japanese blades abroad by the tens of thousands.
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 siteFor a return, please contact us within 7 days of the item's arrival. If specification changes such as dimensions were made at the customer's request, a return cannot be accepted. Shipping and transfer fees are the customer's responsibility.
¥400,000
