Muromachi-Period. Koji-Era(1555-1558) Wakizashi...

[bmoore1322]

Muromachi-period.  Koji-era(1555-1558) Wakizashi...


Hacho(Cutting edge length): 29.4cm
Sori: 0.4cm
Motohaba: 28mm
Motogasane: 5mm
Signature: Sanetada
Tsukuri: Shobu-zukuri Iori-mune
Jihada: Mokume
Hamon: Midareba
Nakago: Ubu
in Shirasaya,


I recently bought this, I really love the looks of it.

The Japanese permit has been turned in, and has been shipped to me from Japan.

 

It has a recent full polish, it comes with Certificate by Kobayashi Yukinobu of Juho-Token-Kenkyukai.
(the Former Executive director of NBTHK)..
 

I will post more pics when it shows up.

Thanks.





 

[Jean]

Mr Moore,

 

With a nagasa of 29,4 cm, it is a tanto and not a wakizashi

[bmoore1322]

I do that all of the time, your right, it's slightly under 12 inches.

 

I never see the centimeters part.

Thanks Jean.

Still a beautiful blade...


 

[Greg F]

Nice! Great to see your building your colection up again!!!

Greg

[bmoore1322]

I'm just curious about the certificate that comes with it, its not NBTHK papers..

 

But they do come signed by a Former Director of NBTHK.

 

[paulb]

Brian

There are a number of different cerificates about. This one as it it says in the sales description was issued by a former director of the NBTHK. I assume he left that organisation and now does appraisals independently. While not necessarily carrying equal authority to a cerificate issued by the NBTHK or NTHK organisations it is still a valid opinion with regard to the auntenticity of the blade.

It might be considered as in a similar league to papers issued by polishers such as Fujishiro or Honami Hakusuie  in the past.

[Guido]

The so called "juhō tōken kenkyū-kai" (銃砲刀剣研究会) is run by the sword shop Musashi-ya (むさし屋). Kobayashi Yukinobu (小林幸信) never was an official of the NBTHK, he's a (not very well known) polisher.

[paulb]

thanks for the clarification Guido. I didnt know of the gentleman but then there are few Directors of the NBTHK that I know by name either.

[Guido]

Well, Paul, it's actually a great business idea: maybe we should start the ei-doku bakamono tōken kenkyūkai 英独馬鹿者刀剣研究会 (sounds professional, doesn't it? And who will bother to investigate the name?), and issue papers for swords we want sell. You do the photos of the nakago, and I'll write up some fancy Japanese description.

[Pete Klein]

Right click.  LOL!  Great name.

[paulb]

Hi Guido

sounds like a plan and the added bonus is that my photography is so poor no one could possibly believe it wasn't genuine

[kusunokimasahige]

I can add a Kamon wax seal if necessary.....

[Geraint]

I guess all we need now is a gold sharpie for the kinzogan.  

[bmoore1322]

It showed up in the mail yesterday, much better then what I was hoping for.

 

The smith is Sanetada / Bizen school.

The Hada, and Hamon is absolutely beautiful.

Gold foiled wrapped Habaki.
 

Perfectly done Shirasaya.
 

The Certificate is by Kobayashi Yukinobu of Juho-Token-Kenkyukai.
(the Former Executive director of NBTHK).


 

[Geraint]

It's always exciting when the parcel finally arrives, isn't it?.  Congratulations, enjoy.

 

All the best

[bmoore1322]

YES, always exciting...

 

I was so excited to see it show up...

 

Very happy and satisfied with it.

 

[Jim P]

Hi, B. Moore, For a

(16th Century Certificated Sanetada Signed Sword Japanese Muromachi Antique *1763:)
 you did well

But the (usually, the Japanese swords has not polished perfectly for safety.) is a bit of a worry

[SwordGuyJoe]

Agreed - Well done B!

[bmoore1322]

Thanks Guys.

 

I'm very happy with it, I could not believed I was able to get it.

 

I'm going to start looking for an Wakizashi signed / made by the same smith.

[Jim P]

Hi B. Moore, You are going to find that a very hard task   you need to get some books    did you not think it strange yours was the only bid .

[Isocyanide]

Hi B. Moore, You are going to find that a very hard task   you need to get some books    did you not think it strange yours was the only bid .

 

I would never judge an auction item based on the number bids it has, I've seen plenty of junk items with tons bids and great pieces with 1 bid.  There's a lot of psychology involved in bidding on items and it's generally not reflective of the quality of an item.

[bmoore1322]

I've seen some items that should have went for big money, but because it was worded wrong, or wrong category it sold for almost nothing.

 

I really thought it would have sold for more, as I was willing to pay more for it.

[bmoore1322]

I've learned a lot over the past years, and still need to keep reading, studying blades, and take in as much as possible.

 

I'm just now able to start collecting again after my stroke last year, that really set me back big time..

 

Thanks..

[Jim P]

Hi Steve,Yes you are right if you know what you are doing in this case it should have been a ? why, as it was coming out of Japan  for less than $800 we see this stuff all the time and how can the guys understand what they are buying  if we just say great and don't point the way. B. Moore do a google for Sanetada from the Bizen school.and let us know what you come up with.You still did OK but look at it as a mumei blade and forget the paper

[bmoore1322]

The Blade is signed though, not Mumei.

 

I'm just now rebuilding my collection, and it seemed like a good start.