Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatchA Tokubetsu Hozon Token designated work by Yokoyama Sukekane, who was active in Bizen no Kuni during the late Edo period. Sukekane was the 5th generation counting from Sozaemon Sukesada, the grandson of Ise no Kami Sukeheira, and claimed to be the "58th generation descendant of Tomonari." His style features a jigane that is entirely muji-fu with no visible hada, and he specialized in hamon of kobushigata choji with a tight nioiguchi and ashi. Among his works, some feature gunome with split heads resulting in a gorgeous midare in the style of juka choji; overall, the highlight is the bright and tight nioiguchi. As stated in the meibun, this work is a ken produced as a honoto for a shrine.
Certificate reading — 銘 備前長船住横山祐包 安政二年五月廿五日 清森大明神
NihontoWatchOffered by Iida Koendo
8 on the market
As written by the shop
Machine translation from the shop's Japanese · may contain errors ·
Bizen-den · Bizen · around 1834-1872
Tōken Taikan top 60%
8 pieces on the market now
Bizen-den · Bizen
24 pieces on the market now
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Sukenobu祐信 | 1830-1844 | 0 |
| Suketaka祐高 | 1865-1868 | 0 |
| Sukeharu祐春 | 1864-1865 | 0 |
| Sukehiro祐廣 | 1854-1860 | 0 |
| Sukekane祐包 | 1868-1912 | 0 |
The Edo period (1615 to 1868)
Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
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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