Shinto Juyo Token?

[Fuuten]

Hi there,

 

I was thinking that Shinto/Shinshinto blades couldn't receive Juyo by definition, but then i came across this blade,

http://www.sanmei.com/contents/media/O454_S828_PUP_E.html

which is dated to 1681, Shinto.

 

Wiki wrote:

"The Edo period (江戸時代 Edo jidai^?), or Tokugawa period (徳川時代 Tokugawa jidai^?), is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan,.. ."

 

Would this blade be one of the exceptions?

And would it even be possible, maybe in a hundred years, a Shinshinto piece would slip through?

[Robert Mormile]

Alex:

Not sure where you got that impression from but it is not accurate.  Shinto and Shin-Shinto blades receive Juyo certificates.  There are even Tokubetsu Juyo swords of the Shinto period by Kotetsu, Hankei, Shinkai and others.  The standards by which they are judged are different however. 

Robert

[jlawson]

There are a great many Shinto Juyo pieces. There are also Juyo Shinshinto Pieces. 

[Fuuten]

Oh.. apologies, in my feeble mind, i have a distinct separate feeling from Shinto/Shinshinto, compared to early Edo, although its all considered Edo period.. Apologies, and thank you.

[Curran]

Juyo and Tokubetsu Juyo.

Just usually a bigger name, signed, and ubu.

 

Try finding a mumei Juyo ShinShinto....

[Kronos]

Try finding a mumei Juyo ShinShinto....

 

 

For Juyo swords have to be Pre-Meiji and Zaimei if post nanbokucho. Pretty much anything Shinto or later needs to be by a Jo saku or higher rated smith or have some form of historical significance.