This is an unsigned wakizashi attributed to the Shikkake school, a branch of the Yamato Five Schools, from the late Kamakura period. It features a powerful form with an extended kissaki, a well-forged flowing itame hada, and a bright, clear suguha hamon with hotsure and gunome. The blade comes with an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon certificate and a shirasaya.
NihontoWatchmumei · Yamato Shikkake · Kamakura · nagasa 39.65cm · sori 0.84cm
The Kamakura period (1185 to 1333)
Nearly every later authority calls Kamakura the golden age of the sword: the first warrior government as patron, the great traditions at full strength simultaneously, and, tradition holds, the finest smiths of the realm rotating through Go-Toba’s court.
A Hozon-certified blade judged to show notably superior workmanship and a better state of preservation. The bar is higher: re-tempered blades and most unsigned Muromachi/Edo works are excluded.
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 siteReturns accepted within 3 days of delivery for defective items or significant discrepancies; customer bears return shipping and bank fees.
¥1,430,000
This is an unsigned wakizashi attributed to the Shikkake school, a branch of the Yamato Five Schools, from the late Kamakura period. It features a powerful form with an extended kissaki, a well-forged flowing itame hada, and a bright, clear suguha hamon with hotsure and gunome. The blade comes with an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon certificate and a shirasaya.
NihontoWatchmumei · Yamato Shikkake · Kamakura · nagasa 39.65cm · sori 0.84cm
The Kamakura period (1185 to 1333)
Nearly every later authority calls Kamakura the golden age of the sword: the first warrior government as patron, the great traditions at full strength simultaneously, and, tradition holds, the finest smiths of the realm rotating through Go-Toba’s court.
A Hozon-certified blade judged to show notably superior workmanship and a better state of preservation. The bar is higher: re-tempered blades and most unsigned Muromachi/Edo works are excluded.
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 siteReturns accepted within 3 days of delivery for defective items or significant discrepancies; customer bears return shipping and bank fees.
¥1,430,000
