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SUE-AOE NAGINATA NAOSHI KATANA (末青江) 000548
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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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 TANGO no KAMI NAOMICHI (丹後守直道) 120122
Tango no Kami Naomichi (丹後守直道) was a smith from the Mishina school who worked in Osaka in the late 1600’s…
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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 NIDAI HIZEN MASAHIRO 二代肥前正広100122
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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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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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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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. …
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JÛYÔ TÔKEN YAMATO SHIKKAKE KATANA 大和尻懸 090421
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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BITCHU NO KAMI TACHIBANA YASUHIRO 備中守橘康廣 110522
Bitchu no Kami Tachibana Yasuhiro (備中守橘康廣) belonged to the Ishido Kei (石堂系) that had its foundations in Omi Province. Omi…
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NIDAI MURAMASA 二代村正 #FMW0033
It is a rare pleasure to be able to offer for sale a sword by such a famous (or infamous)…
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BIZEN KANEMITSU TANTÔ 備前兼光 #110214
I am pleased to offer this beautiful tantô by the famous Bizen Osafune smith, O-Kanemitsu. It passed Jûyô Tôken in…
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JUYO TOKEN WAKIZASHI BY SHIKIBU NO JO NOBUKUNI 式部氶信国 #110514
The first generation Nobukuni was from Yamashiro Province. He was the son of Ryokai Hisanobu and he is thought to…
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JÛYÔ TANTÔ BY BIZEN KAGEMITSU 備前景光 #110112
Bizen Kagemitsu was the son of Bizen Nagamitsu who was, in turn, the son of the founder of the Bizen…
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WAKIZASHI BY MUNEHIRO (SOKAN) 宗廣 #000473
This is a fine wakizashi by one of the top smiths of the Shinshinto Era, Teiryusai Munehiro also known as…
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MASATSUGU WAKIZASHI 政次 #000369
This is a very nice wakizashi by the Shimada smith, Masatsugu. The cutting edge is 14 1/4 inches and it…
