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JÛYÔ TANTÔ KOSHIRAE BY SASAYAMA TOKUOKI 篠山篤興
Tokuoki (篤興) was born on November 17th of Bunka 10 (1813) and he passed away on December 10 of Meiji…
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TACHI BY BIZEN OSAFUNE KAGEMITSU 備前長船景光
Bizen Kagemitsu (備前景光) was the son of Bizen Nagamitsu (備前長光) who was, in turn, the son of the founder of…
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TSUBA BY KITAGAWA SHÛTEN 喜多川秀典 010123
This is something rarely offered for sale. A tsuba by the first generation Sôheishi Sôten, the founder of the very…
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FUKUOKA ICHIMONJI YOSHIFUSA TACHI 福岡一文字吉房
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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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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TANBA NO KAMI YOSHIMICHI WAKIZASHI IN OUTSTANDING KOSHIRAE (丹波守吉道) 110822
We are pleased to present a very unusual and beautiful wakizashi from the Kyotô Shintô Yoshimichi smith lineage. This blade…
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BEAUTIFUL KAGA GOTÔ KOZUKA （加賀後藤小柄）110722
Nihonto.com is pleased to present this absolutely wonderful gold, silver, and shakudo kozuka. Let me start by saying that the…
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JÛYÔ MITOKOROMONO BY GOTÔ ETSUJÔ 後藤悦乗
Etsujō (悦乗) was born in the 19th year of Kanei (1642) as second son of the 9th Gotō main line…
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BEAUTIFUL KAGA GOTÔ KOZUKA 加賀後藤小柄 050822
Here we have an absolutely beautiful kozuka from the mid-Edo period (circa 1700). As noted it was made by the…
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OUTSTANDING JÛYÔ DAISHÔ SATSUMA KOSHIRAE (薩摩拵) 110121
We are pleased to present this excellent and important Satsuma daishô koshirae from the 19th century. This is an excellent…
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JUST A JITTE (十手)? I THINK NOT……
A jitte (十手), sometimes pronounced jutte, is a specialized weapon that was used by Edo-period police officers. They are generally…
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AN UNUSUAL AND DEADLY INKWELL
This is a large and very unusual yatate (inkwell) that proves, once again, that the pen is mightier than the…
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NIDAI MURAMASA 二代村正 070122
It is a pleasure to be able to offer for sale this tantô by the famous (or infamous) smith, the…
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DAISHO OF TSUBA AND MENUKI BY GOTÔ ICHIJÔ
Ichijô was born in Kyôto on the third day of the third month of the third year of Kansei (March…
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OUTSTANDING SET OF JÛYÔ FITTINGS BY GOTÔ ICHIJÔ
Ichijô was born in Kyôto on the third day of the third month of the third year of Kansei (March…
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WAKIZASHI BY SHODAI NOBUKUNI 信国 050721
Nihonto.com is pleased to present this fine wakizashi by the Shodai (first generation) Nobukuni (信国). The first generation Nobukuni (信国)…
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A DAISHO OF SWORDS BY DEWA-DAIJÔ KUNIMICHI 出羽大掾國路 #070120
While it is firmly established in many reference books that Kunimichi(國路) was a student of Horikawa Kunihiro (堀川國廣), no records…
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AN EXTREMELY UNUSUAL SET OF JÛYÔ KODÔGU BY MIYAMOTO MUSASHI
Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645) whose art name was Niten, achieved great fame as a master swordsman. In the seventeenth year of…
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HASEBE KATANA 長谷部 110119
Hasebe Kunishige (長谷部国重) has long been considered to be a pupil of Masamune (正宗) (Masamune Juttetsu). His oldest remaining dated…
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GÔ YOSHIHIRO 江義弘 110518
Yoshihiro (義弘) is one of the most famous sword smiths of all time. Yoshihiro’s (義弘) given name was Matsukura Go…
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HIGO JINGO TSUBA 010320
This tsuba is from the Higo Jingo school. It measures 2 ¾ inches by 2 11/16 inches nor 7 cm…
