Too bad except for the last one, all of them are modified and shortened.
@Kaneshige789
Ай бұрын
Including those modification, we call histories. Succession generation by generations through hundreds of years, please imagine those stories.
@wckoek
Ай бұрын
@@Kaneshige789 Yes, histories indeed. But in NBTHK rating, unless the sword is made in Muramachi or earlier it is very difficult to get "Tokubetsu Hozon" or better rating if it is modified. Lets say we have a Yamato no Kami Yasusada (famous Edo maker before Keicho Shinto) shortened, it is usually rated as "Hozon". Now since 2010's Showa swords are even accepted as "Hozon" rating where it was previously unrated. Imagine a Showa era gunto was rated the same as a early Edo period but shortened Kotetsu, but their history cannot be the same right. Surely, histories of the sword in the exhibition is fabulous because of their famous owners, but pity that it wasn't preserved in their original state.
@Kaneshige789
Ай бұрын
@@wckoek As you wrote, you may get better qualification with original tangs (Ubu Kuki). But if it is made before Muromachi, and good condition, Tokuho is not so difficult to obtain even with shorten (suriage or machi okuri) tang. Also, you may misunderstand NBTHK (NIttouho) rating. That is based on artistic values more, rather than historical values. On the other hand, Japanese gov. = Agency for Cultural Affairs considers historical values more. That's the reason why neither Kiyomaro nor Kotetsu are national treasure. Katana manias in Japan takes both historical and artistic points, hence older is more expensive basically. However chasing perfect histories of katanas are difficult except for some of specials. Those in the movie have reason to be shortened. Those are very rare cases and living histories.
@Kaneshige789
Ай бұрын
@@wckoek In addition, as far as my concerns, Yasusada is after Kanbun, very good era of Shinto, but not before Keicho.
@wckoek
Ай бұрын
@@Kaneshige789 yes, for common collector like us, artistic value is more important than historical value, in fact nihonto is classified as artistic goods nowadays. As we are chasing beauty in artistic goods, hence perfection is important, but I understand what you meant by historical value in this exhibition. There are millions of registered sword in Japan, I can only keep less than 5 (3 for katana/tachi) so I only collect the very best. Maybe one day I can appreciate "Juyo" ones more. Now if we can realize there is a disparity between aesthetic in historical beauty and artistic/current market value.
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