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.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatchThere were many swordsmiths who migrated from Mino Seki to Echizen Province, and they are collectively referred to as Echizen Seki. Echizen Shinto have been highly valued since the Edo period for their excellent sharpness and superiority as practical swords. Among them, Yasutsugu was a master swordsmith representing Echizen Shinto who was permitted by Ieyasu to engrave the Mitsuba Aoi Mon on the nakago; the author of this sword, Tsuguhiro, was a high-ranking disciple of the third generation Yasutsugu and is renowned for making sharp blades, also being known as a wazamono. He moved from Echizen Fukui to Omi Zeze and also made swords in Edo. This wakizashi has a pleasing difference between the moto-haba and saki-haba, with the kissaki slightly elongated. The sori is also moderate, presenting a truly nihonto-like sugata. The jigane is ko-itame mixed with moku, and masame appears on the shinogi-ji and towards the ha, where one can glimpse that he was a swordsmith of the Mino lineage. The hamon is in ko-nie deki with a bright and clear nioiguchi, with large grains of ara-nie appearing in places, and sunagashi is seen actively within the ha; it is a gunome-midare mixed with gunome-choji showing large undulations, which reminds one of large kawazu-ko choji or Kanefusa-midare. The boshi is sugu with the saki showing hakikake and returning in maru. It is currently in an old togi, and on the moto side of the sashi-ura, there are marks from rust removal using waterproof sandpaper by an amateur, but this does not interfere with the appreciation of the ji and ha. We are offering this at a low price that takes the polishing cost into account, so those with the means should by all means have a high-quality polishing performed and enjoy it. If you request it from our shop, we will deliver it in a transformed state. *The Tokubetsu Hozon Token Kanteisho will be delivered as soon as it arrives from the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai.
Certificate reading — 銘 近江守藤原継広 越前住
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Echizen · around 1661-1673
Fujishiro Chu-jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 60%
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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.
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 siteAs a rule we do not accept returns, except when we have sent a different item from the one ordered or when there is a significant discrepancy between the description and the item. If you wish to return an item, please contact us within 3 days of its arrival and then send it back.
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