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BIZEN OSAFUNE NAGAMITSU KATANA (備前長船永光)100525
Most sword collectors have heard of the great smith Bizen Nagamitsu (備前永光who worked in the Kamakura era around 1275 and…
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KATANA BY TOSA YOSHINARI 土佐吉作 120125
Yoshinari (吉作) was a sword smith who worked in Tosa province around the Kyohô era (1716). He was the son…
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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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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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5TH GENERATION TADAYOSHI 五代忠吉 020825
Godai Tadayoshi (五代忠吉), the fifth generation in the Tadayoshi lineage, was born in 1696. He was the son of the…
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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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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. …
