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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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FUTATOKOROMONO BY NOMURA KANENORI 野村包教111222
Kanenori was a student of the first generation Kitagawa Sôten (Munenori). He was from Hikone in Ômi Province. He worked…
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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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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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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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RAI KUNINAGA 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 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 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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EXTRAORDINARY KO-KATCHUSHI TSUBA 古甲抽胄師 050622
This is a truly extraordinary and huge iron ko-katchushi tsuba from the Muromachi era of the late15th to early 16thcentury. …
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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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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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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…
