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Very well made Katana by Bushu Kanenaga with 2 body Test Original Shirasaya and newly made Koshirae with Quality Antique Fittings
NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate
Katana, Signed:
Bushū-jū Fujiwara Kanenaga ‒ Ō-wakige otoshi (Shintō )
(武州住藤原兼永・⼤脇⽑落「新⼑」)
“Fujiwara Kanenaga, resident of Musashi province, cut through a body at
the height of the armpits” (Shintō era)
Nagasa ~ 66.4 cm
According to the result of the Shinsa committee of our society, we judge this work as authentic
and rank it as Tokubetsu-Hozon Tōken.
February 21, 2025
[Foundation] Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai, NBTHK (⽇本美術⼑劍保存協會)
KANENAGA (兼長), Genroku (元禄, 1688-1704), Musashi – “Bushū Kanda-jū Sanshirō Kanenaga”
(武州神田住三四郎兼長), “Bushū Edo-jū Kanenaga” (武州江戸住かね長), “Kanenaga” (かね長), he signed the
character “Kane” often in hiragana syllables, according to tradition, he was the son of the Shitahara-smith Kanenaga
(兼長) who was active around Meireki (明暦, 1655-1658)
