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.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatch本作は山城派の代表鍛冶で了戒重能の在銘の御刀です。 良く練られた感のある板目、杢目肌は、細かな流れ肌を交え総体的に良く詰んでいます。 平地には沸映りが見事に立っており、小乱れ、小互の目、小湾れを交えた焼き刃は、刃縁に細やかな金筋、砂流し交え、来派の伝統を示した素晴らしい出来栄えとなっております。 藤代義雄先生の『日本刀工辞典』にも、同派代表鍛冶として、その名が挙がる名工、出来保存状態は抜群に優れています。同工並びに同派の希少な在銘品は中々お目に掛かりません。是非とも家宝にお加え下さい。 了戒一派は、南北朝最末期京了戒門人の能定が京の戦渦を逃れて豊前國宇佐の地に移住したことに始まります。 豊前と豊後の国境に付近にある、宇佐の地で繁栄した一派は、皆、『了戒』を屋号的に冠し、『能（よし）』の字を通字としました。重能は『藤代刀工辞典』にも同派代表鍛冶としてその名を連ねる名工です。その他、能真、能定、秀能、宣能、直能などがおります。
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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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