NihontoWatchAn early, large, eighth generation Nobutaka wakizashi. Signed, Shimizu Jinnoshin Nobutaka. Dated, Kansei go nen ni gatsu hi (a day in February 1794). Shinogizukure, iroi mune, extended chu-kissaki, ubu, one mekugiana. Hawatare: 1 shaku 6 sun 5 bu (50 cm / 19.64") Motohaba: 2.73 cm. Sakihaba: 2.14 cm. Kasane: 6.3 mm. Nie deki o-gunome within o-notare, crab claw patterns, yo, and some ashi, nado. The nioi line is thicker than generally seen in Owari smiths. The jigane is a bright tight ko-itame, with a hint of masame. Masame in the shinogi ji. The boshi has koichigaiba, ko-maru and an extended kaeri. In excellent Japanese polish, shirasaya, with niju gold foil habaki. NBTHK Hozon kanteisho. Valued at 2,200,000 yen in Toko Taikan, by Tokuno. The Nobutaka smiths worked in Owari province, and in the Mino tradition. From Nambokucho times there was a good deal of interaction between the smiths in Owari and Mino provinces. Eighth generation Nobutaka dated works range from Kansei 5 (1794) to Bunka 2 (1805). Tight ko-itame, with a hint of masame. Masame shinogiji. Crab claw gunome within notare. NBTHK Hozon Kanteisho Toko Taikan
Certificate reading — 銘 清水甚之進信高 寛政五年二月日
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Owari · around 1789-1801
Tōken Taikan top 77%
3 pieces on the market now
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.
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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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$2,800