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.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatchThis piece is a Shobu style short sword from the Shinshinto period. The preservation of the sword is excellent and clean, with no flaws or rust of any kind. The well-packed itame jitetsu is well decorated with niedeki gunome midare hamon. Hataraki such as yo and kinsen can be seen. The names Fujiwara Yukihira is engraved on the nakago. Yukihira, who made this dagger, was a swordsmith active in Satsuma Province (present-day Kagoshima Prefecture) during the Kyoho period of the Edo era, and was the son of the first Somekawa Tarozaemon. Shobu-zukuri's sword is made with dignity, and a sense of supremacy that somehow represents the spirit of the Satsuma samurai. This work is highly worthy of preservation for posterity, and the Society for Preservation of Japanese Art Swords issued a certificate of authenticity for it in January 2006, recognizing it as a genuine work of Yukihira with a hozon certification. This dagger, with its full range of Samurai-like qualities, is a must-have addition to your Japanese sword collection. Blade length: 29.5 cm Curvature: 0.6 cm Number of Mekugi hole: 2 Motohaba: 28.3 mm Motokasane: 3.9 mm Signature: Fujiwara Yukihiro(front) Era: Shinshinto Structure: Shobu-zukuri, Iori-mune Jigane: Itame Hamon: Gunome Midare Boshi: Notarete Haitte Nakamaru ni Kaeru Weight: 280 g(blade only) Nakago: Ubu Koshirae: Shirasaya Original Registration No.: Tokyo 293827 Please contact us if the katana you are looking for is not listed here.
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Satsuma · around 1716-1736
Tōken Taikan top 95%
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.
Certifies a genuine blade worth preserving: a signature confirmed correct, or, if unsigned, an era, province, and school that the NBTHK can reliably identify.
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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