Catalogue of antique katana
With NBTHK papers. Chosen in Japan, assessed one by one.
Kantei is a catalogue of authentic Japanese swords for sale in Japan: every antique katana comes with its NBTHK paper, with its mounting or in shirasaya, and with a quality score explained line by line.
- 345 katana available
- 44 sold
- 38 provinces
- Kotō 62 · Shintō 199 · Shinshintō 127 · Gendaitō 1 by period
Five filters, no exceptions
A katana enters the catalogue only if it meets all of this.
- 1 Katana over a hundred years old
- 2 A koshirae or a shirasaya
- 3 A nagasa of 60 cm or more
- 4 NBTHK papers from Tokubetsu Hozon upwards
- 5 Signed
Catalogue
Every blade in this catalogue passes five gates: katana over a hundred years old, a koshirae or a shirasaya, a nagasa of 60 cm or more, NBTHK papers from Tokubetsu Hozon upwards and signed. The scores are computed the same way for all of them.
345 katana available · 44 sold
No piece matches the filters.
Rank 1
€83,230
current max. 255 Points: 255 points · current max. 255
Rank 2
€10,610
current max. 255 Points: 234.5 points · current max. 255
Rank 3
€15,680
current max. 255 Points: 231.8 points · current max. 255
Rank 4
€9,730
current max. 255 Points: 221.2 points · current max. 255
Rank 5
€29,960
current max. 255 Points: 219.2 points · current max. 255
Rank 6
€10,870
current max. 255 Points: 219 points · current max. 255
Rank 8
€45,640
current max. 255 Points: 216 points · current max. 255
Rank 9
€49,380
current max. 255 Points: 214.4 points · current max. 255
Rank 10
€52,530
current max. 255 Points: 213.2 points · current max. 255
Rank 11
€34,730
current max. 255 Points: 211.3 points · current max. 255
Rank 12
€18,970
current max. 255 Points: 211.1 points · current max. 255
Rank 13
€90,670
current max. 255 Points: 210 points · current max. 255
Rank 15
€65,800
current max. 255 Points: 208.8 points · current max. 255
Rank 16
€16,040
current max. 255 Points: 206.4 points · current max. 255
Rank 17
€72,070
current max. 255 Points: 202 points · current max. 255
Rank 19
€12,540
current max. 255 Points: 201.2 points · current max. 255
Rank 20
€9,960
current max. 255 Points: 200.7 points · current max. 255
Rank 21
€64,630
current max. 255 Points: 199.2 points · current max. 255
Rank 22
€44,220
current max. 255 Points: 191.6 points · current max. 255
Rank 23
€16,040
current max. 255 Points: 191.4 points · current max. 255
Rank 24
€12,470
current max. 255 Points: 186.3 points · current max. 255
Rank 25
€48,740
current max. 255 Points: 179.7 points · current max. 255
Rank 26
€58,680
current max. 255 Points: 179.1 points · current max. 255
Rank 28
€34,620
current max. 255 Points: 176.4 points · current max. 255
“Available” means on sale at origin at the last check. Every enquiry is confirmed before anything is committed.
What Kantei is
Kantei is a selected catalogue of signed antique katana: nihontō more than a hundred years old, with NBTHK papers from Tokubetsu Hozon upwards and with a complete koshirae or in shirasaya. None of them is here because it looks good in a photograph: every blade passes the same gates and carries a quality score explained point by point, from the steel to the paper, so that it can be argued with instead of believed.
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What you will find here
Every record describes the same authentic Japanese sword in six languages, with its measurements, its condition, its mounting or its shirasaya and the outline of the blade drawn to real scale. Beside it there is a guide to periods, schools, papers and the parts of the koshirae, and the final price in euros: shipping from Japan and import taxes are already inside it.
How buying works
Buying a katana in Japan from the European Union follows a known path: the enquiry starts from the record itself, availability is confirmed at origin, the blade is bought in your name and the export licence is applied for, which takes about a month and a half. It then travels insured to your door. And it is not limited to this catalogue: we do not sell swords but act as a buyer’s agent, an intermediary, so we can also buy for you a sword that is for sale in Japan but not listed here, at a fixed price with everything included. The five steps, the breakdown of the price and the usual questions are in “How to buy”; the vocabulary is in the guide.
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