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KATANA BY IZUMI (no) KAMI KANESHIGE和泉守兼重 090322
For many years Izumi (no) Kami Kaneshige (和泉守兼重) was thought to be the same smith as Kazusa (no) Suke Kaneshige…
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HEIAN ERA TACHI BY OHARA SANEMORI 大原真守 000049
One old account says that Hôki Yasutsuna (伯耆安綱), the founder of the Ko-Hôki school lived in the Daido era (806-810). …
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KATANA BY ISHIDÔ MORIHISA 石堂守久 120322
Morihisa was a member of the Edô Ishidô school of sword smiths. His given name was Hachizaemonnojô. He was the…
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OMI NO KAMI TSUGUHIRO 近江守継廣 110622
Omi no Kami Tsuguhiro (近江守継廣) was a member of the Echizen Seki (越前関) school. He was one of many swordsmiths…
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JÛYÔ TÔKEN NAKAJIMA RAI KUNINAGA KATANA WITH CUTTING TEST中島来国長090622
Rai Kunitoshi (来国俊) is considered to have been one of the premiere sword smiths of all time and he trained…
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EARLY WAKIZASHI BY OYA KUNISADA (親国貞) 100222
Kunisada (国貞) was born in Tensho 18 (1590) in Hyuga province, present day Miyazaki prefecture. He became a student of…
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KATANA BY NIDAI HIZEN MASAHIRO 二代肥前正広090222
Nidai Kawachi-no-Kami Masahiro was born in the fourth year of Kan’ei (1627) when his father was 21 years old. He…
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JÛYÔ TÔKEN NAKAJIMA RAI KUNINAGA中島来国長000541
The blade offered here is by the founder of the Nakajima Rai School, Rai Kuninaga (来国長) who was one of…
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KATANA BY SHODAI YAMASHIRO KUNIKIYO 山城国清 070622
Kunikiyo was born in 1589 in Matsuhiro city in Shinshu. His given name was Shimada Kichiemon and he was a student…
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TSUBA BY SHÔNAI SHÔAMI DENBEI 庄内正阿弥伝兵衛000540
Nihonto.com is very pleased to present this fine example of an iron tsuba by the Denbei tsubako of the Akita…
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BEAUTIFUL JÛYÔ YAMATO TEGAI SCHOOL KATANA 大和手搔系 090621
During the Nara period, before the capital was transferred to Kyoto in Yamashiro province, the province of Yamato was the…
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A TOKUBETSU JÛYÔ FUKUOKA ICHIMONJI TACHI BY YOSHIHIRA福岡一文字吉平 00043
The Ichimonji School (一文字) in Bizen Province was a large school that was founded in the beginning of the Kamakura…
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EXTRAORDINARY KO-KATCHUSHI TSUBA 古甲抽胄師 050622
This is a truly extraordinary and huge iron ko-katchushi tsuba from the Muromachi era of the late15th to early 16thcentury. …
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HIGO TSUBA 肥後鐔080322
This is a nice iron kodai Higo tsuba. It is carved in an openwork design of bamboo leaves encased in…
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BEAUTIFUL HIGO SCHOOL TSUBA 肥後 980422
This is a very nice iron tsuba of the kodai Higo school. Tsuba of the Higo school have always been…
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BIZEN TOMOMITSU TACHI 備前倫光 050222
Bizen Tomomitsu (備前倫光) was a smith from Bizen Province who worked in the Nanbokuchô Era (1333-1391). He was the son…
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NIDAI DEWA DAIJÔ KUNIMICHI 出羽大掾国路020622
This is an excellent katana by the second generation (Nidai) Dewa Daijô Kunimichi (出羽大掾国路) of the Horikawa Kunihiro (堀川国広) school. …
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TOKUBETSU JÛYÔ TÔKEN KATANA BY BITCHÛ AOE YOSHITSUGU備中青江吉次 000042
To properly understand the foundation and beginnings of the Bitchû Aoe School (備中青江) we must first study geography and history. …
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POWERFUL TSUBA BY NOBUIE 信家010122
It is an undisputed fact that Nobuie is considered to have been one of the greatest iron tsuba makers in…
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BEAUTIFUL SHOAMI TSUBA (正阿弥) 051522
This is a lovely and artistic Edo period tsuba from the Shoami school. It depicts seabirds in mid-flight with two…
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IRON DRAGON SUKASHI TSUBA 060222
This is a pleasing iron tsuba with a dragon carved in openwork. It measures 3 inches by 2 ¾ inches. …
