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SUPERB KAGA GOTO FUCHI AND KASHIRA SET #111216
This is one of the finest sets of fuchi and kashira that I have come across in many years. I…
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KAGA GOTO KOZUKA #110416
This is a very nice kozuka that has been attributed to the Kaga Goto school. It is a superb example…
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UNUSUAL KAGA GOTO KOZUKA #111514
This is a very interesting and unusual Kaga Goto kozuka. It is done in shakudo nanako with a dragon done…
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BEAUTIFUL KAGA KINKO TSUBA #110516
This is a very beautiful and large tsuba of the Kaga Kinko school. It measures 3 3/16 inches or 8.1…
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KYO-SUKASHI TSUBA #000393
A very nice Kyo-sukashi tsuba. 3 3/16 inches by 3 1/16 inch. The design is that of Sakura hana or…
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WELL CARVED MITO TSUBA
This is a well carved tsuba by Mito Ju Horii Okinari. This tsuba measures 2.75 inches or 7.0 cm by…
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NICE TANTO TSUBA 52016
This is a very nice tanto tsuba of iron with golden dragons floating among the clouds. It measures 2.5 inches…
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BEAUTIFUL SHOAMI TSUBA
This is a very nicly carved iron Shoami tsuba. It is 8 cm or 3 1/8 inches round. The outside…
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KO-KINKO TSUBA
This looks to be a ko-kinko school tsuba. It is made of Yamagane and has a very pleasing wave design…
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TSUBA BY KIYOMITSU 清光
This tsuba is signed Choshu Ju Kiyomitsu. This artist worked in Choshu (Nagato Pref.), probably in the 1800's. It is…
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BIZEN OMIYA MORIKAGE KATANA 備前大宮盛景
This is a Jûyô Tôken sword by the well known Omiya Bizen (大宮備前) smith, Morikage (盛景). Morikage (盛景) is said…
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IMPORTANT SWORD BY YAMATO SHIZU 大和志津
Blades are called Yamato Shizu when they are thought to have been made by Shizu Kaneuji or his direct students…
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AN IMPORTANT TACHI OF THE FUKUOKA ICHIMONJI SCHOOL 福岡一文字
This is an important and well-known blade from the middle Kamakura Era made by a smith of the Fukuoka Ichimonji…
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KATANA BY ECHIZEN TSUGUHIRO 継廣
Omi no Kami Tsuguhiro was a member of the Echizen Seki school. He was one of many swordsmiths who moved…
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MASSIVE KATANA BY JIROTARO NAOKATSU 次郎太郎直勝
This is a fine katana by Jirotaro Naokatsu. Naokatsu was the son of one of the most famous Shinshinto smiths,…
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KATANA BY SHODAI YUKIHIRO 初代行廣
This is a beautiful katana by the first generation Hizen smith, Yukihiro. It is signed on the tachi-mei side Hizen…
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MOUNTED KATANA BY SHODAI BITCHU YASUHIRO 備中守橘康廣
This is a nicely mounted katana by the Settsu smith Yasuhiro. This blade is by the shodai (first generation) who…
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KATANA BY NAOSHIGE 尚重 #000440
This is a very powerful katana by the smith Naoshige. Naoshige was a smith from Kii who lived around 1741.…
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BEAUTIFUL TANTO BY YUKIMITSU 幸光 #110816
This is an elegant little tanto made by the Muromachi era Bizen smith, Yukimitsu. The full signature reads Bizen (no)…
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BEAUTIFUL WAKIZASHI BY KANEWAKA 兼若 #071114
This is a very nice wakizashi by the Kaga smith, Kanewaka. There are several generations of smiths who worked under…
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OUTSTANDING JÛYÔ TÔKEN BY BIZEN KANENAGA
This is an outstanding katana that has been attributed to the well-known Bizen smith, Kanenaga (兼長). Kanenaga (兼長) is known…
