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SUPERBLY CARVED IRON JAPANESE TSUBA 100523
This is a fantastic Japanese tsuba. I just acquired it and have not, as yet, put it to shinsa but…
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WAKASA NO KAMI UJIFUSA KATANA (若狭守氏房) Owned by DAIMYO HIRAOKA YORIKATSU (平岡頼勝)
Hiraoka Yorikatsu (平岡頼勝) was born in Eiroku three (永禄1560) as son of Hiraoka Yoritoshi (平岡頼俊). Yorikatsu’s given name was Tōzō…
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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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Gallery |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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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…
