NBTHK Certificate Confirmation

[Oldman]

Hello All: I'm looking at purchasing a wakizashi with the enclosed NBTHK hozon. The seller describes it as a mumei, late Muromachi, blade attributed to Kanefusa. It is also said to be inscribed with information about a one body tameshigiri performed at a later date (1642). Unfortunately I can't read Japanese and am posting this with the request that someone who can please let me know if the certificate supports the seller's description. Any red flags? Thanks in advance for any insight you can offer.

 

Michael BC

[Bugyotsuji]

Apologies, for the deleted post. I see now that the only date given is for the cutting test, not for the blade's manufacture.

 

(You will have to look up Kanefusa and decide if it is Muromachi, which is not mentioned in the attribution.)

[huntodesu]

Wakizashi – Attributed to Ishihara Kunitsugu (石原國次)

• Period: Early Edo period, circa 1642 (Kanei 19)

• School/Tradition: Kanefusa lineage, Bushū (Musashi Province), in the Yamato-den tradition

• Signature: Mumei (unsigned)

• Classification: Certified as Hozon Tōken (保存刀剣) by the NBTHK – deemed worthy of preservation

• Registration: Japanese sword registration number Tokyo 3033430

• Issued by: Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai (NBTHK)

• Date of Certification: December 15, 2023 (Reiwa 5)

[Bugyotsuji]

Huntodesu, some of what you write fits the certificate, but… where did you get the rest from?

[Nobody]

The seller’s description seems to be correct.

 

脇指　無銘　（兼房） - Wakizashi, unsigned ((Thought to be) Kanefusa)

 

（切付銘） - Kiritsukemei

寛永十九年三月ノ初五 – Kanei 19^th year (=1642), the 5^th day of the 3^rd month

於武州江城□脇毛深守土中五寸 – At Edo in Bushu, cut through shoulders and into the mound by 5-sun (=15 cm).

石原小□彦成正（花押） - Ishihara ??? Narimasa/Shigemasa (+ kao)

 

長一尺二寸九分強 – Length: A little more than 1-shaku, 2-sun, 9-bu