NihontoWatchHayama Enshin's real name was Suzuki Masamichi; he was born in Koka 2 (1845) and was a retainer of the Toyohashi Domain. He apprenticed under the famous swordsmith Suzuki Masao of the Kiyomaro school in Edo, and was one of the swordsmiths from the end of the Shinshinto period through the modern era who was greatly influenced by Kiyomaro. When Gassan Sadakazu died at age 84 in Taisho 7 (1918), Hayama Enshin at age 75 in Taisho 9, and Miyamoto Kanenori at age 97 in Taisho 15, the lineage of swordsmiths from the Shinshinto period almost entirely died out. Living in Shitaya, Edo, he was said to be a master of forging with yotetsu and preferred to forge swords with yotetsu jitetsu. It was said that no swordsmith surpassed Enshin when it came to yotetsu swords. This work features horimono by Kasama Ikkansai Shigetsugu, who is renowned as a master of carving, and bears a kiritsuke mei stating it was ordered by Honami Koson, a representative kantei expert and togishi of the modern era. *Honami Koson Sensei was a representative kantei expert and togishi of the modern era. His book "Nihonto no Okite to Tokucho" made the Honami family's traditional kantei methods, which were said to never leave the house, available to the public and has become essential reading for sword enthusiasts.
NihontoWatchEnshin圓眞
Offered by E-sword
5 on the market
As written by the shop
Machine translation from the shop's Japanese · may contain errors ·
Musashi · around 1868-1912
Fujishiro Chu-jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 87%
5 pieces on the market now
Shōwa to the present: destruction and revival
The twentieth century nearly killed the craft twice: wartime distortion, then the occupation ban. The NBTHK’s founding in 1948 and licensed forging from 1953 rebuilt the sword as an art, crowned by Living National Treasures and the mukansa rank.
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.
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