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.
This is a rare wakizashi by Omi no Kami Fujiwara Tsunehiro from the Yamashiro province, dating to the Edo period (Shinto era). It features a ko-itame hada with masame entering the mune, and a nie-deki hamon with a pointed ko-maru boshi. The blade is accompanied by a Tokubetsu Hozon Token certificate from the NBTHK.
NihontoWatchmei · Edo · nagasa 52.8cm · sori 1.6cm
Yamashiro · around 1673-1681
2 pieces on the market now
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 site¥500,000
This is a rare wakizashi by Omi no Kami Fujiwara Tsunehiro from the Yamashiro province, dating to the Edo period (Shinto era). It features a ko-itame hada with masame entering the mune, and a nie-deki hamon with a pointed ko-maru boshi. The blade is accompanied by a Tokubetsu Hozon Token certificate from the NBTHK.
NihontoWatchmei · Edo · nagasa 52.8cm · sori 1.6cm
Yamashiro · around 1673-1681
2 pieces on the market now
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 site¥500,000
