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 katana is unsigned (mumei) and attributed to the Shitahara school, with an old Tokubetsu Kicho certificate attributing it to Kanetomo. It features a slightly wide blade with a thick shinogi, shallow curvature, and a large kissaki, giving it a substantial feel. The blade exhibits a dark-toned jigane with prominent jihada and ji-nie activity, and a hamon of niedeki suguha and pointed gunome midare.
NihontoWatchsuriage-mumei · Shitahara · Muromachi · nagasa 68.6cm · sori 1.4cm
Mino · around 1532-1555
Tōken Taikan top 60%
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 siteIf 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.
Starting Bid
¥700,000
This katana is unsigned (mumei) and attributed to the Shitahara school, with an old Tokubetsu Kicho certificate attributing it to Kanetomo. It features a slightly wide blade with a thick shinogi, shallow curvature, and a large kissaki, giving it a substantial feel. The blade exhibits a dark-toned jigane with prominent jihada and ji-nie activity, and a hamon of niedeki suguha and pointed gunome midare.
NihontoWatchsuriage-mumei · Shitahara · Muromachi · nagasa 68.6cm · sori 1.4cm
Mino · around 1532-1555
Tōken Taikan top 60%
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 siteIf 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.
Starting Bid
¥700,000
