-
AOE SCHOOL KATANA (青江) 010419
I am pleased to present this Jûyô Tôken naginata-naoshi katana by the Bitchû Aoe school of the late Kamakura era…
-
A VERY “PUNNY” TANTÔ
This little tantô brings with it good fortune for a Samurai. Anyone familiar with Japanese food knows that dashi (fish…
-
MINI TSUBA MENUKI
Two of the greatest tsuba artists of all time are Nobuiye and Kaneiye. Both did outstanding work in iron tsuba…
-
MINO KANEFUSA KO-WAKIZASHI (兼房) 000526
This is a kotô ko-wakizashi by the Mino smith Kanefusa. There were several generations of kotô smiths by this name…
-
DAISHO BY SHODAI HIZEN MUNETSUGU (肥前宗次) #020218
The first generation Hizen Munetsugu (肥前宗次) was originally called Sakai Mitsuemon or Sakai Sanuemon (境三右衛門). His first residence was in…
-
OUTSTANDING JÛYÔ TÔKEN BIZEN ICHIMONJI KATANA 一文字 #051018
The Ichimonji School (一文字)in Bizen Province was a large school that was founded in the beginning of the Kamakura period…
-
TINY ABUMI FOR A TINY SAMURAI
One of the latest additions to my collection of unusual things (mezurashii mono) are these two tiny stirrups (abumi). They…
-
EXTREMELY RARE TANTÔ BY YASUKUNI YASUTOSHI 靖利#050918
Yasutoshi (靖利)was born in the fourth year of Taisho in Hiroshima Prefecture. He was the third son of Yasutoku who became…
-
I “SAW” THIS SOMEWHERE…
This is a very unusual 0-kozuka. It was made by the sword smith, Shigenobu of Tamba. Shigenobu worked around the…
-
EARLY KO-KINKO TSUBA 古金工鐔 #050118
This is a splendid example of epitome of tsuba art from the early Muromachi Era (early 1400’s). It has been…
-
MUROMACHI ERA (ca 1532) WAKIZASHI KOSHIRAE #071814
This is a rare item, indeed. It is an intact and original koshirae from the middle Muromachi era of around…
-
OUTSTANDING KATANA BY BIZEN NAGAMITSU 備前永光
It is with great pleasure that I am able to offer this wonderful katana from the Muromachi era. Nagamitsu worked…
-
A WONDERFUL JÛYÔ TACHI BY THE AOE SCHOOL
This wonderful tachi from the Kamakura Era and its accompanying tachi koshirae would be a wonderful addition to anyone’s collection. …
-
NANBOKUCHÔ ERA TACHI OF THE HOKKE SCHOOL (法華系)
This is a powerful blade of the Hokke school of Bingo Provence. It is unsigned but that is usually the…
-
MASSIVE KATANA BY KANETAKA (金高)
This is a very wide and strong katana by the Mino smith, Kanetaka. It is signed Harima (no) Kami Kanetaka.…
-
KATANA BY ECHIGO YUKIMICHI WITH KOSHIRAE (越後幸道）
This is a very nice katana by the smith Yukimichi. Yukimichi was a smith who worked in Echigo Province around…
-
MOUNTED KATANA BY MUNEYUKI (統行)
This is an absolutely beautiful koto katana attributed to the Bungo Takada smith, Muneyuki. Muneyuki was a smith who worked…
-
NANBOKUCHÔ ERA TACHI BY AKIKUNI
This is a very beautiful and powerful tachi from the late Nanbokucho Era (1300's). It has been attributed by the…
-
BEAUTIFULLY MOUNTED TANTO BY ARIKOTO 有功
Arikoto was a sword smith from Kyoto who worked around 1848. He was a student of Omori Toshihide and Morioka…
-
KATANA BY TAKADA MUNEYUKI 髙田統行 #021018
This is a mumei katana from the Koto period. It has been attributed to the smith, Muneyuki, who was from…
-
A POWERFUL KATANA BY YAMAURA YOSHINOBU 山浦義信 #110217
This is a very interesting and rare katana by the Shinshintô smith, Yoshinobu. Yoshinobu was a smith from Shinano province…
