Bidspirit auction | A SIGNED AND DATED SHINSHINTO

A SIGNED AND DATED SHINSHINTO KATANA WITH HAMABE AND NBTHK CERTIFICATE - A stout signed & dated Hamabe Shinshinto katana with full polish very healthy & flawless. Signed: Hamabe Mino no kami Fujiwara Toshinori Dated: Kansei hachi nen hinoe-tatsu nigatsu no hi (A day in the second month of 1796). Solid siver habaki, 27-/4 in., (9.2 cm.) cutting edge, in shirasaya with solid silver habaki & with full mounts. Paper/certificate: NBTHK tokubetsu-kitcho (Especially Precious Sword) certificate # 371549 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu TÅken Hozon KyÅkai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated June 10, 1979. Nagasa: 27 1/2 in., (70 cm.) Condition: Perfect.