A HOUKA SCHOOL WAKIZASHI
Type: Wakizashi (Unsigned Hirazukuri)
Item No.: ujwa025
Swordsmith: Houka
Location: Bingo (Hiroshima)
Period: Nambokucho Period (1333-1392) to Early Muromachi (1400-1450)
Length: 37.9cm
Hamon: Suguha (straight)
Included: Silk brocade carry bag, sword maintenance kit, illustrated maintenance guide, sword stand, full exportation support to send sword to home country
Price (via credit card): ¥400,000
Price (in cash or direct bank transfer): ¥380,000
Pre-event photo (click for larger view)
Description:
This exquisite 600-year-old wakizashi is from the renowned Houka school of swordsmiths. You’ll notice a bo-hi (groove) that extends nearly the full length of the blade.
The primary purpose of the groove was to lighten the blade, so as to give it better balance and control for the Samurai.
The hamon is refined suguha (straight) and the body is koitame hada (tight grain) andnagarehada (flowing grain). Only the finest smiths can produce such quality.
This sword was judged by the NBTHK and granted Hozon (a sword worthy of preserving issued by the Society for the Preservation of Japanese Art Swords).
Amongst the swords in our current collection exists a Houka katana from the same time period.
As an option, coupling this sword with the Houka katana would make an enviable daisho (the katana-wakizashi sword set that only the Samurai were permitted to wear in public during the Edo period.) PK
Questions?
To request further information or secure ownership of this sword, please contact me, Pablo Kuntz.
For steps toward ownership including all payment options, visit 5 Easy Steps to Owning an Authentic Japanese Samurai Sword.
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Legal Exportation from Japan
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