After the Ōnin War broke the Ashikaga order, a century of Sengoku warfare armed nearly every province in Japan. The era rewards a discriminating eye: routine work exists in quantity, and beside it stand custom blades of the first rank.
This is a tanto by Kanemachi, a swordsmith believed to be from the Seki school active around the late Muromachi period. It features a mitsumune shape with a carving of Suken, koitame hada with utsuri, and a hamon of nioi-based gunome with ashi. The tanto comes with a koshirae that has an NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Kodogu certificate.
NihontoWatchmei · Seki · Muromachi · nagasa 27.4cm
Mino · around 1504-1521
1 piece on the market now
The Muromachi period (1392 to 1573)
After the Ōnin War broke the Ashikaga order, a century of Sengoku warfare armed nearly every province in Japan. The era rewards a discriminating eye: routine work exists in quantity, and beside it stand custom blades of the first rank.
This work carries older NBTHK “Kichō”-era papers, which the NBTHK no longer issues and now regards as unreliable. To confirm the attribution, submission to an official Japanese examination body (such as the NBTHK or NTHK) for modern certification could be considered.
If you wish to return an item, please notify us within 3 days of receipt. After this period we cannot accept cancellations. Please ship the return to us within 5 business days. Cancellation is conditional on the item being kept in the same condition as at the time of sale, so please handle it with care.
¥550,000
This is a tanto by Kanemachi, a swordsmith believed to be from the Seki school active around the late Muromachi period. It features a mitsumune shape with a carving of Suken, koitame hada with utsuri, and a hamon of nioi-based gunome with ashi. The tanto comes with a koshirae that has an NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Kodogu certificate.
NihontoWatchmei · Seki · Muromachi · nagasa 27.4cm
Mino · around 1504-1521
1 piece on the market now
The Muromachi period (1392 to 1573)
After the Ōnin War broke the Ashikaga order, a century of Sengoku warfare armed nearly every province in Japan. The era rewards a discriminating eye: routine work exists in quantity, and beside it stand custom blades of the first rank.
This work carries older NBTHK “Kichō”-era papers, which the NBTHK no longer issues and now regards as unreliable. To confirm the attribution, submission to an official Japanese examination body (such as the NBTHK or NTHK) for modern certification could be considered.
If you wish to return an item, please notify us within 3 days of receipt. After this period we cannot accept cancellations. Please ship the return to us within 5 business days. Cancellation is conditional on the item being kept in the same condition as at the time of sale, so please handle it with care.
¥550,000
