NihontoWatch源 正蔭は、源 清麿の高弟 源 正雄、水心子正秀門 水心子正次に鍛法を学びます。越後高田住、本国は越中富山です。刀銘は玉心斎正蔭、源正蔭、正蔭、玉心齋正蔭作、五島源正蔭作之、などと刻します。茎は師 源正雄に近い手癖を見ます。師弟の系譜を辿り源清磨、源正雄と比して、沸づきが穏やかで、板目肌が微細に詰む潤いに富んだ作刀も確認でき、同門の中でも高技量の刀匠です。 本刀刃長は七寸三分半。元先に幅差なく、重ね確りとした力感のある姿です。地鉄は板目肌が澄んでうるおいがあり、地沸が微塵について強靭で美麗な鍛えとなります。刃文は丁子刃を主として、小互の目、小丁子、尖り刃を交えて多様な変化を見せます。刃中には足・葉が入り盛んに働きます。刃縁は小沸がついて、やわらかに明るく冴えます。帽子は焼刃の勢いを抑えて、ゆらりと先尖りごころに小丸に返ります。茎は丁寧に化粧鑢で整えて覇気のある銘を刻します。拵は朱漆塗鞘に波濤図の銀金具で揃えており、気品のある御品です。源正蔭の御刀は現存少数で誠に貴重です。本作は短刀でありながら身幅重ね十分に、地刃共に冴えて、風格のある秀作でございます。白鞘、朱漆塗鞘合口短刀拵(銀一作 波濤図金具)、銀着一重鎺、特別保存刀剣鑑定書。
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Echigo · around 1861-1864
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Meiji: survival after the edict
The Haitōrei edict of 1876 ended sword wearing and nearly ended the craft itself. Military demand and imperial patronage kept a remnant alive, and in 1906 Gassan Sadakazu and Miyamoto Kanenori were named Artists to the Imperial Household.
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.
NBTHK official siteNo cooling-off period or returns; refund only if the purchased sword is proven fake, capped at purchase price (excludes commission sales, accessories, auction items).