After the Ōnin War broke the Ashikaga order, a century of Sengoku warfare armed nearly every province in Japan. The era rewards a discriminating eye: routine work exists in quantity, and beside it stand custom blades of the first rank.
This is a wakizashi by Tadamitsu of Bizen Osafune, a representative smith of the late Muromachi period. The blade features a hamon of ko-midare choji with togari-ba交り, nioi-hon'i, and a midare-utsuri. The jigane is itame mixed with mokume, well-forged and refined. It comes with an NBTHK Hozon Token certificate.
NihontoWatchmei · Osafune · Tenmon (1532-1555) · nagasa 55.3cm · sori 1.6cm
Bizen · around 1532-1555
1 piece on the market now
The Muromachi period (1392 to 1573)
After the Ōnin War broke the Ashikaga order, a century of Sengoku warfare armed nearly every province in Japan. The era rewards a discriminating eye: routine work exists in quantity, and beside it stand custom blades of the first rank.
Certifies a genuine blade worth preserving: a signature confirmed correct, or, if unsigned, an era, province, and school that the NBTHK can reliably identify.
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 site¥650,000
This is a wakizashi by Tadamitsu of Bizen Osafune, a representative smith of the late Muromachi period. The blade features a hamon of ko-midare choji with togari-ba交り, nioi-hon'i, and a midare-utsuri. The jigane is itame mixed with mokume, well-forged and refined. It comes with an NBTHK Hozon Token certificate.
NihontoWatchmei · Osafune · Tenmon (1532-1555) · nagasa 55.3cm · sori 1.6cm
Bizen · around 1532-1555
1 piece on the market now
The Muromachi period (1392 to 1573)
After the Ōnin War broke the Ashikaga order, a century of Sengoku warfare armed nearly every province in Japan. The era rewards a discriminating eye: routine work exists in quantity, and beside it stand custom blades of the first rank.
Certifies a genuine blade worth preserving: a signature confirmed correct, or, if unsigned, an era, province, and school that the NBTHK can reliably identify.
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 site¥650,000
