After the Ōnin War broke the Ashikaga order, a century of Sengoku warfare armed nearly every province in Japan. The era rewards a discriminating eye: routine work exists in quantity, and beside it stand custom blades of the first rank.
This katana by Kanetomo from the Mino school features a honzukuri-iori-mune construction and a suriage-nakago. The hada is itame mixed with mokume, with ji-nie and chikei. The hamon is gunome-midare with choji and togari-ba, showing a plump nioiguchi and abundant ko-nie, with active work and a bright, clear appearance. There are bo-hi carvings on both sides. It comes with a shirasaya and a red lacquered uchigatana koshirae, and is accompanied by an NBTHK Hozon Token certificate.
NihontoWatchmei · Mino · Taiei (1521-1528) · nagasa 66.5cm · sori 1.6cm
Mino · around 1521-1528
Tōken Taikan top 49%
1 piece on the market now
The Muromachi period (1392 to 1573)
After the Ōnin War broke the Ashikaga order, a century of Sengoku warfare armed nearly every province in Japan. The era rewards a discriminating eye: routine work exists in quantity, and beside it stand custom blades of the first 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.
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.
Koshirae¥650,000
