公益財団法人日本美術刀剣保存協会の審査事業は、日本刀の調査保存を目的に、昭和二十三年より行われ、現在では保存・特別保存・重要・特別重要の四段階に区分して刀剣と刀装・刀装具の審査を行っています。
　特別重要刀剣等審査は昭和四十六年に第一回を開催して以来、審査会を開き今日に至っておりますが、その指定品は当協会 審査の最上位に位置するものであり、毎年行われている重要刀剣等審査で合格したものの中から、重要美術品の上位もしくは 重要文化財の候補たりうるものとして制作が優れたものを厳選した珠玉の逸品であります。
　日本人の豊かな感性を最も真摯に表した文化財と称されるくろがねの美を、そして刀装・刀装具にあらわれた工芸美の粋を心ゆくまでご鑑賞下さい。

 The Society for Preservation of Japanese Art Swords is a Public Interest Incorporated Foundation that has carried out appraisals since 1948,with the object of studying and preserving Japanese swords. Under the current system of appraisal, swords, mounts and fittings are divided into four ranks: Hozon-token, Tokubetsu-Hozon-token, Juyo-token (important sword), Tokubetsu-Juyo-token(special important sword).
 Tokubetsu-Juyo appraisals were started in 1971 and have been held down to the present day; it is the highest rank that can be awarded by the society authorities. Swords, mounts and fittings, which are comparable with an upper rank of Important Art Object or a prospective item of Important Cultural Property, are carefully selected from those that have received Juyo rank at the annual appraisal, and the very superb gems are able to receive this classification.
 We hope you enjoy these works, the beauty of the steel of the blades, and the elegance of the mounts or fittings represented as a true cultural heritage, embodying the richly refined aesthetics of the Japanese people.