NihontoWatchThis piece is very well preserved with a beautiful hamon dagger. The well-packed itame hada has hataraki such as chikei. The hakomidare type of gunome hamon is very beautiful and has active hataraki such as kinsen and aranie. The work is very gorgeous, yet powerful, and is typical of the Seki swordsmith's work. The blade has hi (gutter) engraving on both sides and a thin soehi. The name Kanenori is engraved on the nakago. Like Magoroku, Kanenori was a swordsmith of the Akasaka Senjuin school in Mino, and is said to be the son of Kanenaga. The name of Kanenori as a swordsmith was passed down from the Muromachi period to the early Edo period, with alternation, and he is a representative of the Mino school of swordsmanship. The Society for Preservation of Japanese Art Swords has given this work a hozon certification as highly worthy of preservation for posterity and issued a certificate of authenticity. This very beautiful dagger is a magnet not only for Japanese sword collectors but also for art collectors. Blade length: 18.7 cm Curvature: 0.1 cm Number of Mekugi hole: 2 Motohaba: 20.5 mm Motokasane: 4.1 mm Signature: Fujiwara Kanemune Saku(front) Era: Shinshinto Structure: Kissaki Moroha-zukuri Jigane: Itame Hamon: Gunome Boshi: O-maru ni Kaeru Weight(without Saya): 230 g Nakago: Ubu Original Registration No.: Niigata 053147 Please contact us if the katana you are looking for is not listed here.
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Mino · around 1926-1989
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.
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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