NihontoWatch山浦清麿の門にして下谷御徒町住鈴木二郎と称す。嘉永六年独立。安政六年函館にて作刀。 地金小板目肌釣む。刃紋小沸出来刃冴える。沸足良く入り厚く付く。
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The Shinshintō revival
Around 1800 Suishinshi Masahide argued in his writings that the craft must return to the old masters’ methods: the fukkotō revival. His greatest successor Naotane worked convincingly in Bizen and Sōshū manners that had been dead for centuries.
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 sitePlease request cooling-off within 8 days of the item's arrival. Items that have been altered cannot be handled. Return shipping is the customer's responsibility. If the destination is overseas, returns and refunds are not available.
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