Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
This is a wakizashi by Musashi Daijo Fujiwarano Tadahiro, representing the late work of the 1st generation Tadayoshi, dated around Kan'ei 7-8 (1630-1631). It features a wide mihaba and solid kasane, characteristic of Keicho Shinto hirazukuri wakizashi. The blade exhibits a beautiful Hizen konuka-hada with thick ji-nie and active ji-kei, and a bright gunome-midare hamon with abundant activities like kinsuji and sunagashi.
NihontoWatchmei · Kanei (1624-1644) · nagasa 38.4cm · sori 0.9cm
Hizen · around 1624-1644
2 pieces on the market now
The Edo period (1615 to 1868)
Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
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 siteFor one-of-a-kind items such as swords, sword fittings, and antiques, please contact us about a return within 3 days of the item's arrival and ship it back within 8 days. Refunds are issued the same day the returned item arrives.
¥1,950,000
This is a wakizashi by Musashi Daijo Fujiwarano Tadahiro, representing the late work of the 1st generation Tadayoshi, dated around Kan'ei 7-8 (1630-1631). It features a wide mihaba and solid kasane, characteristic of Keicho Shinto hirazukuri wakizashi. The blade exhibits a beautiful Hizen konuka-hada with thick ji-nie and active ji-kei, and a bright gunome-midare hamon with abundant activities like kinsuji and sunagashi.
NihontoWatchmei · Kanei (1624-1644) · nagasa 38.4cm · sori 0.9cm
Hizen · around 1624-1644
2 pieces on the market now
The Edo period (1615 to 1868)
Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
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 siteFor one-of-a-kind items such as swords, sword fittings, and antiques, please contact us about a return within 3 days of the item's arrival and ship it back within 8 days. Refunds are issued the same day the returned item arrives.
¥1,950,000
