Kanezumi Wakizashi with Nbthk Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate, Mounted in Shirasaya with original Koshirae
KANTEI–SHO (鑑定書) ‒ APPRAISAL
No 1016534
Wakizashi, signed: Kanesumi (Seki) (兼住「関」)
nagasa ~ 53.3 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.
August 27, 2021
[Foundation] Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai, NBTHK (日本美術刀劍保存協會
KANEZUMI (兼角), Tenshō (天正, 1573-1592), Mino – “Kanezumi” (兼角), son of the Kanesaki (兼先) who was
active around Daiei (大永, 1521-1528), he lived in Minos Akasaka and it is said that he studied also with the Shimosaka
(下坂) group in Ōmi province
