Two courts, sixty years of war, and the most dramatic silhouettes in the sword’s history: broad blades, extended points, true ōdachi later cut down into the majestic katana collectors prize. The Sōshū manner was the style of the age.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatchIt is a masterpiece with a form that clearly shows a connection to the Yamashiro Rai school, featuring a magnificent jihada of finely packed, beautiful ko-itame hada with utsuri, covered in rich ji-nie and active sunagashi, demonstrating a superb workmanship that is equal to or better than Rai Kunimitsu. The original Yamamura Yasunobu of Echigo was a student of the first generation Yamashiro Nobukuni during the Nanbokucho period and moved from Yamashiro to Echigo.
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Echigo · around 1394-1428
Fujishiro Jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 49%
The Nanbokuchō period (1333 to 1392)
Two courts, sixty years of war, and the most dramatic silhouettes in the sword’s history: broad blades, extended points, true ōdachi later cut down into the majestic katana collectors prize. The Sōshū manner was the style of the age.
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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