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EXCELLENT SAMURAI DAISHO OF MINO SWORDS 110125
This is very nice daisho of interesting blades from two different sub-schools of the Mino tradition. The katana is unsigned…
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A KATANA BY SHITAHARA TERUSHIGE 照重 090225
This katana by the Shitahara smith, Terushige, is a wonderful combination of grace and sheer power. It dates to the…
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KATANA BY MINO KANETSUNE 兼常 090125
Nihonto.com is pleased to present this very well mounted katana by the kotô smith, Kanetsune of the Mino school. He…
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BINGO KO-MIHARA KATANA 古三原 080625
The Mihara School was founded in Bingo Province by Masaie (正家). Swordsmiths of this school were active beginning in the…
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KATANA BY ÔSHU KUNIHIRO 奥州国広 070225
This is a nicely mounted katana from the northern part of Honshû Island directly across from Hokkaido. It is known…
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WAKIZASHI OF THE YAMATO SHIKKAKE SCHOOL 070425
The founder of the Shikkake (尻懸) School is traditionally said to have been Norihiro (則弘) who lived around the end…
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KATANA BY NIDAI YAMASHIRO KUNIKIYO 山城国清 070325
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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SHODAI HIZEN MASAHIRO 初代肥前正廣 050125
The first-generation Masahiro (Shodai) was born in Saga city of Hizen Province in 1607. His father was Yoshinobu who was…
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KATANA BY ECHIZEN TAMETSUGU 越前為継 060125
Tametsugu (為継) worked in the beginning of the Nanbokuchô era and was originally from Echizen Province (越前国). While there is…
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TANTÔ BY SA YASUYOSHI 左安吉110524
Yasuyoshi was the son of Samonji (左文字) who was also famously known as Ô-Sa (the Great Sa). Like his father,…
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BITCHÛ KO-AOE KATANA 備中古青江 110123
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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SANDAI BIZEN IESUKE (三代備前家助) 070124
The Bizen school stayed very active throughout the Muromachi Era (1394-1490) and into the Sengoku jidai (1490-1600). When we consider…
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AWATAGUCHI HEIAN/KAMAKURA KATANA 粟田口系 020225
Awataguchi lies on the main road which goes from Kyôto to Ômi province. Many smiths settled there since the early…
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WAKIZASHI BY NAGASONE KOTETSU 長曽根虎徹 020424
The birth place of Nagasone was Gôshû Nagasone Mura (the village of Nagasone in Omi Province). Nagasone Kotetsu (長曽根虎徹)was originally…
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BIZEN OSAFUNE JÛ NAGASHIGE 備前長船住長重 111123
The old historical writings on Japanese swords present Bizen Nagashige (備前長重) as being the younger brother and student of Bizen…
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TAKAGI SADAMUNE TANTÔ 高木貞宗 020325
The history of Takagi Sadamune (高木貞宗) is a very interesting one and one that has many variables. We know that…
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KATANA BY KAGA HIROTAKA (廣高) RH000548
This is a very nice katana with koshirae from the Shintô era. It was made by the Kaga smith, Hirotaka…
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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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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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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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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. …
