NihontoWatchTokucho: Horii Toshihide, whose real name was Horii Kaneyoshi, used the first mei of Kaneaki; in Meiji 37 he became a monjin of Horii Taneyoshi's son, Horii Yutaneaki, and in Meiji 44 he became the adopted son and son-in-law of Taneaki. Later, he became the third generation of the Horii school, and in Taisho 2 he was granted the name Hideaki by the Token Hozonkai, taking the character Hide from Suishinshi Masahide; in Taisho 7 he joined the Nihon Seiko Muroran Kogyosho by invitation and moved to Hokkaido; in Showa 8, because the Crown Prince was born and named "Akihito Shinno," he changed his name to Toshihide out of respect to avoid using the same character. Horii Toshihide was a representative toko of the early Showa period and forged gunto for Prince Chichibu, Prince Takamatsu, and Prince Higashikuni, as well as tanto bestowed by the Kunaisho. Seidai Tosho Iretsu, highest rank Shinpin no Retsu, Saijo Owazamono, Torishimariyaku-kaku Hitto; in the Showa 16 Shinsaku Nihonto Tenrankai he received the Tokubetsu Meiyo-seki, Soridaijin-sho, and Monbudaijin-sho, and was granted the title of Kokko; he was the highest-ranking tosho during the war.
NihontoWatchMinamoto Hideaki (Horii Toshide)
Offered by Samurai Shokai
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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.
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.
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¥450,000