Description
ITEM DESCRIPTION:
Comes with kimono or cotton bag. Comes with certificate of supein Nihonto. Comes with prefecture certificate.
Beautiful and elegant early Edo era wakizashi signed “Fujiwara Masayuki” in excellent condition, not only the blade but also the koshirae. The Wakizashi comes with a certificate from the NBTHK tokobetsu kicho, these certificates register it as of special importance and quality. The koshirae includes a beautiful tsuba with shell motifs of the Echizen kinai school, also has similar motifs fuchi and kozuka. In addition, the saya is completely wrapped in stingray leather, a very meticulous and expensive work for the time. Such sayas are rare and highly sought after by collectors. Considering the details, the wakizashi denotes a lot of personality and maybe the samurai was related to the sea, maybe the area where he was born, etc. Swords with such marked and obvious personalities are not frequent, so it is a historically very attractive piece.
Masayuki (1st gen)
ID MAS1433
Province Bungo
Start Era Kanei (1624-1644)
End Era Shōhō (1644-1648)
Active Period 1624-1648
Father Saneyuki
Source Rating Reference/Page
Hawley 15 MAS1433
Toko Taikan ¥2.5M 598
Signatures:
豊州住藤原正行
hōshū ju fujiwara masayuki
Blade is in very good condition due to aging. Not hagire and not fatal damage, of course. This is a japanese weapon so have a real historical value. This is a weapon with centuries, not machine crafted so can be minor movements of saya, tsuka, tsuba, etc. Because of dilatation, humidity, etc. and little damages propers of his age like small rust, scratches, etc.
An Authentic nihonto japanese sword, difficult to find in Europe or USA, without the consequent costs of importing from Japan or from Japanese sellers, which can increase the price of the sword by up to 30% and a months waiting for shipment and custom paperwork. A truly real nihonto to delight both new and experienced collectors.
All our swords are originals, imported from japan and Europe from the best dealers and collectors during many years of collection and passion.
Koshirae Full length: 70 cm
Blade length: 44,6 cm
Sori: 1,2 cm
