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 an unsigned tanto from the mid-Muromachi period. It features a hira-zukuri sugata, beautiful itame hada, and a vibrant o-gunome hamon with a large kissaki. The nakago is ubu with a ken-gata jiri, and it comes with an engraved copper habaki.
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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.
We could not find an authenticity certificate on the seller’s listing. Japanese swords and fittings are normally papered by the NBTHK (or the NTHK). Without one, the attribution is the seller’s own assessment and has not been independently verified — treat it with caution and ask the dealer about certification before buying.
¥100,000
This is an unsigned tanto from the mid-Muromachi period. It features a hira-zukuri sugata, beautiful itame hada, and a vibrant o-gunome hamon with a large kissaki. The nakago is ubu with a ken-gata jiri, and it comes with an engraved copper habaki.
NihontoWatchThe 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.
We could not find an authenticity certificate on the seller’s listing. Japanese swords and fittings are normally papered by the NBTHK (or the NTHK). Without one, the attribution is the seller’s own assessment and has not been independently verified — treat it with caution and ask the dealer about certification before buying.
¥100,000
