NihontoWatchProudly listed by: Samurai Store, Inc. JAPAN 3-5 weeks for the export permit to be granted. We Ship Worldwide via EMS / UPS / Surface Item# T4468 Antique Katana sword in Tachi Ornate Mounting NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon certificated ( Extremely Well Preserved certificate) Swordsmith: MASATAKA A quality Katana sword from SAMURAI STORE Yokohama sword store . Antique Katana long blade made by the swordsmith Ozaki MASATAKA in later Edo period. Inscription of the sword smith name, location and the completion date (February, 1854) are engraved on the tang. Beautiful wavy tempered-line pattern on blade. Registered as TOKUBETSU Hozon paper "Extremely Well-Preserved Sword" by NBTHK (Japan Sword Preservation Society). The blade comes in a completed antique ornate mounting Han-Tachi koshirae. The blade comes with Certificate of NBTHK Japan Sword Preservation Society - Tokubetsu Hozon Paper (Extremely Well preserved sword) BLADE: Authority/Registration# Kanagawa-82090 *This number means that the blade is verified and registered as an authentic Japanese sword by the board of education and public safety commission. Blade Material : Authentic Forged & Polished Steel Blade Inscription : Simith name Inscription (back): Made in Osaka in February, 1854 smith school: Ozaki MASATAKA 正隆 Smith Location : Settsu province (Osaka) Age : 1854. Edo period Tempered Line Pattern : Wavy pattern Blade Length: 74.4cm Curvature ( Sori ): 2.2cm Rivet Holes: 1 NBTHK Certificate: TOKUBETSU Hozon paper (Extremely Well preserved sword) KOSHIRAE Ornate Mountings: Tsuba Hand guard Fuchi Pommel Kashira Pommel at base Saya scabbard Black Urushi lacquered Samegawa Ray skin Genuine ray skin Menuki Hilt Ornament *Stand Shown in the photos is NOT INCLUDED. Add a quality Sword Stand to your sword order. Also Comes With: Standard Sword Bag Secure & Full-Insured Shipping Worldwide Where We Ship To This item can be surely shipped to the proven destinations: United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, France, Germany, Spain,
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Settsu · around 1818-1845
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The Edo period (1615 to 1868)
For two and a half centuries of peace the sword was the warrior’s legal badge rather than his weapon. Each great city developed its own manner, Edo’s tested strength against Ōsaka’s polished brilliance, until demand thinned in the era’s last decades.
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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