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.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatchOrdering Number: AS26304Tanto in Shirasaya(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)Inscription:Kyuko 久幸 (Kawai Kyuko 川井久幸)Nanaju-ni-sai Kore wo Tsukuru 七十二才作之(made by Kyuko at the age of 77)Ansei Yon Hinotomi Hachi-gatsu 安政四丁巳八月(August 1857)We divide works in to Saijo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku,and Regular Saku.This piece is ranked as Jyojyo Saku for Mumei().Habaki: single bopper habakiBlade Length: 19.2cm (7.56in)Mekugi-ana: 1Motohaba: 2.71cm (1.07in)Kasane: 0.91cm (0.36in)Weight: 190gEra: end of Edo period, 1857Shape: wide, thick and slightly short TantoJigane: fine and packed koitame hada looks plain surfaceHamon: Ko-nie deki suguha with tight and clear Nioikuchi.Features: Kawai Kyuko was a swordsmith of the late Edo period, born in Tenmei 6 (1786) into the Kawai family, a hatamoto (direct retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate). He studied under Nakayama Ikkansai Yoshihiro and Shimizu Hisayoshi, a disciple of Hosokawa Masayoshi, and worked as a swordsmith in Koishikawa, Edo.There are areas of carbon entrapment (sumigomori) visible along the mune and the cutting edge.NBTHK Hozon CertificateAoi-Art estimation Paperwhole OshigataPlease note: the price does not include the shipping fees.Auction Starting Price:250,000JPYPlace BidRelated Items:Tanto :Kanemachi 兼町 (NBTHK Hozon Token)Tanto: Sa-no-Yukihide (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)Tanto: Teishitsu Gigeiin Gassan Sadakazu (Spring,1914)(NBTHK Hoozn Token)Tanto:Minase Jingu Hiromae Magara Ryukichi Saijin Kore, Sadatsugu Tanto Kore(NBTHK Hozon Token)Tanto:Chikuzen no Kami Nobuhide Made in Osaka (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token) ((NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Token))(Items listed in the Shinshinto taikan)Tanto:Gassan Sadakatsu Kinsaku(Kao)(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)
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Musashi · around 1854-1860
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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.
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.
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