This wakizashi is signed Sasaki Nyudo Minamoto Ippo, a smith of the Omi Ishido school from the early Edo period. It features a honzukuri-ianemune blade with an ubu-nakago, showing a ko-itame hada mixed with mokume, ji-nie, and chikei. The hamon is a gentle notare with gunome and togari-gokoro, displaying active ashi and yo, with kinsuji and sunagashi, resulting in a bright and clear nioi-guchi. The blade is accompanied by an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon certificate and is rated as a Wazamono.
NihontoWatchmei · Omi Ishido · Edo · nagasa 55.8cm · sori 1.56cm
The Edo period (1615 to 1868)
Under the Tokugawa peace the daishō became a regulated uniform, and demand gathered in the castle towns, above all Edo itself. The craft split two ways: brilliant display work for connoisseurs, and tested blades whose cutting results were sometimes inlaid in gold.
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 siteWithin one week of the item's arrival (cooling-off is possible within Japan only). For defects that differ from the purchase conditions, we will accept the return and refund the payment. For other cases such as overseas, we will consult separately.
¥950,000