The Japanese antique wakizashi sword
The Japanese antique wakizashi sword of medium length was forged almost 400 years ago. According to the signature on the tang, the sword was made by the blacksmith Fujiwara Nobuyoshi from the lands of Yamashiro. The Society for Preservation of Japanese Art Swords (The Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai, NBTHK) has certified this wakizashi as a “specially guarded sword” and its decorated scabbard has been certified as a work worthy of preservation.
Sword type
Traditional wakizashi short sword.
Sword master
Blacksmith Fujiwara Nobuyoshi in the first generation from Yamashiro province.
Sword creation time
Around the Shoho years (1644-1648).
Blade
Length — 575 mm
Ha-cho (Length of the cutting edge) — 34 mm
Sori (curvature) — 13 mm
Moto haba (width of the blade at the bottom of the blade) — 32 mm
Motogasane (blade thickness at the bottom of the blade) — 7 mm
Sakihaba (blade width at the yokote) — 22,5 mm
Sakikasane (blade thickness at the yokote) — 5 mm
Nakago (tang) length — 157 mm
Nakago mei (blacksmith-gunsmith signature) “Fujiwara Nobuyoshi from Yamashiro Land / Yamashiro no Kuni Ju Fujiwara Nobuyoshi”
Shirasaya
Length — 830 mm
Koshirae
Length — 795 mm
Black Lacquered Saya (kuro-roiro nuri-zaya wakizashi koshirae)
Documents
NBTHK Certificate for the sword
Status: Hozon Token
Date of Certification: 2013
NBTHK Certificate for the Koshirae
Status: Hozon Tosogu
Date of Certification: 2013
The conclusion of a member of NBTHK and NTHK, an expert of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. 2014
