This wakizashi koshirae features a saya with a unique brown brush-mark lacquer concentric circle pattern and a black lacquer sandalwood handle. It is adorned with plain copper fittings featuring Inome (boar's eye) motifs. The kozuka is plain copper with a sayagata pattern, and the tsuba, reminiscent of Yagyu style, is iron with a standing wave and sailing ship openwork design. This koshirae received Hozon Tosogu certification from the NBTHK in 2025.
NihontoWatchmumei · Edo
Edo
Unsigned
Hozon (NBTHK)
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 siteDomestic: items may be returned within 7 days in original condition for a full refund (buyer covers transport). Overseas orders: no-refunds, no-returns.
¥250,000
This wakizashi koshirae features a saya with a unique brown brush-mark lacquer concentric circle pattern and a black lacquer sandalwood handle. It is adorned with plain copper fittings featuring Inome (boar's eye) motifs. The kozuka is plain copper with a sayagata pattern, and the tsuba, reminiscent of Yagyu style, is iron with a standing wave and sailing ship openwork design. This koshirae received Hozon Tosogu certification from the NBTHK in 2025.
NihontoWatchmumei · Edo
Edo
Unsigned
Hozon (NBTHK)
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 siteDomestic: items may be returned within 7 days in original condition for a full refund (buyer covers transport). Overseas orders: no-refunds, no-returns.
¥250,000
