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 wakizashi by Fujiwara Yoshishoku and Fujiwara Yoshifusa from the Edo period. Yoshishoku was a swordsmith of the Echizen Shimosaka school, known for his excellent craftsmanship. Yoshifusa was an Echizen Fukui swordsmith active around the Enpo era (1673), contemporary with famous smiths like Nagasone Kotetsu and Inoue Shinkai. The blade comes with a Tokubetsu Hozon Token certificate and is housed in a shirasaya.
NihontoWatchmei · Echizen Shimosaka · Edo · nagasa 46.9cm · sori 1.1cm
Echizen · around 1624-1644
Fujishiro Jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 60%
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 siteExcept where the item is defective, we do not accept returns as a rule. In the case of an error on our part, please contact us by email within 3 days of the item's arrival.
This is a wakizashi by Fujiwara Yoshishoku and Fujiwara Yoshifusa from the Edo period. Yoshishoku was a swordsmith of the Echizen Shimosaka school, known for his excellent craftsmanship. Yoshifusa was an Echizen Fukui swordsmith active around the Enpo era (1673), contemporary with famous smiths like Nagasone Kotetsu and Inoue Shinkai. The blade comes with a Tokubetsu Hozon Token certificate and is housed in a shirasaya.
NihontoWatchmei · Echizen Shimosaka · Edo · nagasa 46.9cm · sori 1.1cm
Echizen · around 1624-1644
Fujishiro Jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 60%
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 siteExcept where the item is defective, we do not accept returns as a rule. In the case of an error on our part, please contact us by email within 3 days of the item's arrival.
