KATANA BY TOSA YOSHINARI 土佐吉作 120125
Read moreYoshinari (吉作) was a sword smith who worked in Tosa province around the Kyohô era (1716). He was the son…
TAKAGI SADAMUNE TANTÔ 高木貞宗 020325
Read moreThe history of Takagi Sadamune (高木貞宗) is a very interesting one and one that has many variables. We know that…
AWATAGUCHI HEIAN/KAMAKURA KATANA 粟田口系 020225
Read moreAwataguchi lies on the main road which goes from Kyôto to Ômi province. Many smiths settled there since the early…
KATANA BY MINO KANETSUNE 兼常 090125
Read moreNihonto.com is pleased to present this very well mounted katana by the kotô smith, Kanetsune of the Mino school. He…
A KATANA BY SHITAHARA TERUSHIGE 照重 090225
Read moreThis katana by the Shitahara smith, Terushige, is a wonderful combination of grace and sheer power. It dates to the…
BINGO KO-MIHARA KATANA 古三原 080625
Read moreThe Mihara School was founded in Bingo Province by Masaie (正家). Swordsmiths of this school were active beginning in the…
TSUBA BY GOTÔ MITSUYOSHI 後藤光美000094
Read moreGotô Mitsuyoshi (後藤真乗) was the fifteenth mainline master for the Gotô family. His art name was Gotô Shinjo (後藤真乗). He…
KATANA BY ÔSHU KUNIHIRO 奥州国広 070225
Read moreThis is a nicely mounted katana from the northern part of Honshû Island directly across from Hokkaido. It is known…
WAKIZASHI OF THE YAMATO SHIKKAKE SCHOOL 070425
Read moreThe founder of the Shikkake (尻懸) School is traditionally said to have been Norihiro (則弘) who lived around the end…
KATANA BY NIDAI YAMASHIRO KUNIKIYO 山城国清 070325
Read moreKunikiyo was born in 1589 in Matsuhiro city in Shinshu. His given name was Shimada Kichiemon and he was a student…
EXCELLENT SOTEN SCHOOL FUCHI& KASHIRA 080425
Read moreWe present here a lovely pair of Soten school fuchi and kashira. The detail of the carving is superb and…
INTERESTING YOSHIOKA/GOTÔ KOZUKA 080325
Read moreThis is a very interesting and beautiful kozuka that the NBTHK has attributed to the Yoshioka school of the Edo…
OUTSTANDING KAGA-KINKO KOZUKA 080125
Read moreHere was have a lovely example of an Edo period (18th-19th century) kozuka of the Kaga-kinko school. The background is…
BEAUTIFULLY CARVED MITO TSUBA 080225
Read moreNihonto.com is pleased to present this lovely Mito school sukashi tsuba that depicts the three enlightened Taoist immortals. It is…
SHODAI HIZEN MASAHIRO 初代肥前正廣 050125
Read moreThe first-generation Masahiro (Shodai) was born in Saga city of Hizen Province in 1607. His father was Yoshinobu who was…
KATANA BY ECHIZEN TAMETSUGU 越前為継 060125
Read moreTametsugu (為継) worked in the beginning of the Nanbokuchô era and was originally from Echizen Province (越前国). While there is…
EDO PERIOD KAWARI KABUTO RH 000557
Read moreThis is a very interesting late Edo period (19th century) kawari kabuto (unusual helmet). The term kawari kabuto refers to…
EDO ERA SUJI KABUTO (HELMET) 020125
Read moreNihonto.com is pleased to present this very attractive iron kabuto (helmet) from the Edo Era (1700’s-1800’s). It is comprised of…
TANTÔ BY SA YASUYOSHI 左安吉110524
Read moreYasuyoshi was the son of Samonji (左文字) who was also famously known as Ô-Sa (the Great Sa). Like his father,…
SHAKUDÔ TSUBA BY TOBARI TOMIHISA (松盛斎富久)030122
Read moreThe foundation of what we know about Tobari Tomihisa (later known as Shôseisai Tomihisa) is the entry in the Kinkô Tanki (金工鐔寄)…
BITCHÛ KO-AOE KATANA 備中古青江 110123
Read moreTo properly understand the foundation and beginnings of the Bitchû Aoe School (備中青江) we must first study geography and history. …
BEAUTIFUL KO-KINKÔ JÛYÔ TSUBA 古金工鐔 110324
Read moreNihonto.com is very proud to present for sale this outstanding Ko-Kinkô Mogai-umisachi-chirashi no zu tsuba (藻貝海幸散図鐔)tsuba depicting an arrangement of…
SANDAI BIZEN IESUKE (三代備前家助) 070124
Read moreThe Bizen school stayed very active throughout the Muromachi Era (1394-1490) and into the Sengoku jidai (1490-1600). When we consider…
WAKIZASHI BY NAGASONE KOTETSU 長曽根虎徹 020424
Read moreThe birth place of Nagasone was Gôshû Nagasone Mura (the village of Nagasone in Omi Province). Nagasone Kotetsu (長曽根虎徹)was originally…
BIZEN OSAFUNE JÛ NAGASHIGE 備前長船住長重 111123
Read moreThe old historical writings on Japanese swords present Bizen Nagashige (備前長重) as being the younger brother and student of Bizen…
TSUBA BY SHONAI YOSHITOKI (1700-1750) 000551
Read moreThis tsuba signed Yoshi (kao). This is the abbreviated signature of Yoshitoki (Shonai in Dewa Province). His Given name was…
EXCELLENT DRAGON TSUKA (SWORD HANDLE) 100723
Read moreThis is a very nice tsuka for a handachi wakizashi. The total length is 7.5 inches or 19.1 cm. The…
Antiques |MID 20TH CENTURY SWORD STAND WITH DRAWERS 020224
Read moreThis is a very attractive sword stand for two swords. It is a very convenient size measuring 14 .625 inches…
UNUSUAL TSUBA BY NOBUIE 信家鐔 110222
Read moreThe works of Nobuie are famous because his works forged an absolutely new path in the artistry of tsuba making. …
GOLD AND SHIBUICHI KAGA GOTÔ KOZUKA 110923
Read moreNihonto.com is pleased to present this beautiful kozuka of the Kaga Gotô school. This kozuka depicts a warrior on horseback…
OUTSTANDING JÛYÔ HAGURO TSUBA 羽黒鐔 110723
Read moreThis is a large tsuba of excellently forged iron, which mimics, through three-dimensional openwork (nikubori ji-sukashi), a Buddhist rosary (juzu,…
THESE MICE MENUKI ARE TOO CUTE! 🐀 目貫 110823
Read moreHere we present a pair of mice menuki that are almost too cute for words. They are made of shakudo…
KATANA BY KAGA HIROTAKA (廣高) RH000548
Read moreThis is a very nice katana with koshirae from the Shintô era. It was made by the Kaga smith, Hirotaka…
KATANA BY IZUMI (no) KAMI KANESHIGE和泉守兼重 090322
Read moreFor many years Izumi (no) Kami Kaneshige (和泉守兼重) was thought to be the same smith as Kazusa (no) Suke Kaneshige…
TSUBA BY SASAYAMA TOKUOKI 篠⼭篤興 020223
Read moreTokuoki (篤興) was born on November 17th of Bunka 10 (1813) and he passed away on December 10 of Meiji…
KATANA BY SHODAI YAMASHIRO KUNIKIYO 山城国清 070622
Read moreKunikiyo was born in 1589 in Matsuhiro city in Shinshu. His given name was Shimada Kichiemon and he was a student…
BEAUTIFUL JÛYÔ YAMATO TEGAI SCHOOL KATANA 大和手搔系 090621
Read moreDuring the Nara period, before the capital was transferred to Kyoto in Yamashiro province, the province of Yamato was the…
IRON DRAGON SUKASHI TSUBA 060222
Read moreThis is a pleasing iron tsuba with a dragon carved in openwork. It measures 3 inches by 2 ¾ inches. …
FUTATOKOROMONO BY GOTÔ TEIJÔ 後藤程乗020322
Read moreGotô Teijô (1603-1673), was the second son of Kenjô, the seventh Shirobei mainline master. His real name was Genichirô, which…
NIDAI DEWA DAIJÔ KUNIMICHI 出羽大掾国路020622
Read moreThis is an excellent katana by the second generation (Nidai) Dewa Daijô Kunimichi (出羽大掾国路) of the Horikawa Kunihiro (堀川国広) school. …
JÛYÔ TÔKEN YAMATO SHIKKAKE KATANA 大和尻懸 090421
Read moreThe founder of the Shikkake (尻懸) School is traditionally said to have been Norihiro (則弘) who lived around the end…
JAPANESE SWORDS: SÔSHÛ-DEN MASTERPIECES 070221
Read moreJapanese Swords: Sôshû-Den Masterpieces by Dmitry Pechalov. Published in 2019. Clothbound with slipcase and cardboard storage box, 11 1/2 x 15…
Armor |KABUTO SIGNED SAOTOME IEHISA 早乙女家久 100117
Read moreThis is a very well made suji kabuto comprised of 62 individual iron plates that have been riveted together. This helmet…
EXTREMELY RARE SET OF BOOKS ON YANONE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH 080120
Read moreThis is a rare five volume hardbound set of books in English exclusively covering Japanese Arrowheads. In the past, arrowheads…
JÛYÔ TSUBA BY HIRATA HIKOZÔ 平田彦三 080819
Read moreNihonto.com is extremely proud to offer this top quality example of one of the most famous of the Higo tsubako,…
LOVELY KO-KINKO TSUBA 110319
Read moreThis is a very attractive Ko-Kinko tsuba from the Muromachi Era. It is slightly oval and measures 2.5 inches or…
UNUSUSAL TENPO TSUBA 040119
Read moreThis is a large and unusual Tenbo tsuba from the mid 1800's. Usually Tenbo iron tsuba are very plain with…
JÛYÔ MENUKI by AOKI HARUTSURA青木春貴 FMW00066
Read moreHarutsura (春貴)was born in Kyôto in 1805 and he died on February 14, 1858. He was the son of Aoki…
TETSUGENDÔ SCHOOL MENUKI #050518
Read moreI present here a finely detailed pair of iron menuki of the Tetsugendô school. They are delicately and beautifully carved…
A BEAUTIFUL SAIGA STYLE KABUTO #000522
Read moreI am pleased to present this very nice russet iron Saiga style kabuto. It is from the Edo period of…
KABUTO SIGNED YOSHIMICHI 義道 #100217
Read moreThis is an exquisite eight plate russet iron helmet bowl that is signed Yoshimichi (義道). The shape of the plates…
KYÔ SUKASHII TSUBA 京透鐔 #000519
Read moreThis is an iron tsuba from the Kyô-Sukashi school. It dates to the Edo period (18th century). It has a…
SIGNED NARA TSUBA 奈良鐔 #032915
Read moreThis is a very pleasing signed iron tsuba from the Nara school. It is signed simply Nara Saku. It is…
DAIMYÔ JÛYÔ TACHI KOSHIRAE #080615
Read moreI am pleased to present this gorgeous Itomaki no Tachi koshirae that belonged to the famous Mori Daimyo family. This…
UNUSUAL KAGA GOTO KOZUKA #111514
Read moreThis is a very interesting and unusual Kaga Goto kozuka. It is done in shakudo nanako with a dragon done…
IWAMI SCHOOL MENUKI #030814
Read moreThis is a very pleasing pair of menuki from the Iwami school. One of the menuki is a clam shell…
KO-KINKO MENUKI #010510
Read moreThis is a nice pair of dark shakudo and gold menuki. They look to be from the ko-kinko school.
CUCUMBER KYO-KINKO MENUKI #110315
Read moreThis is a very attractive pair of shakudo menuki with gold highlights. They depict a pair of Japanese cucumbers. These…
LARGE SHAKUDO MENUKI #020214
Read moreThis is a large pair of shakudo and gold menuki carved in the design of two Bijin or Kwannon, one…
BEAUTIFUL IRON DAISHO OF TSUBA #040315
Read moreThis is a very nice daisho of tsuba attributed to the Owari Kinko school by the NTHK. The iron plates…
HAYASHI TSUBA #000462
Read moreThis is a very fine iron tsuba attributed to the later Hayashi school of Higo. It has an irregular mimi…
A HIGO KAMIYOSHI TSUBA #021912
Read moreThis is a very nice iron tsuba that I would attribute to the Kamiyoshi school of Higo Province. It is…
HIGO KAMIYOSHI TSUBA #000460
Read moreThis is a nice iron sukashi tsuba of the Kamiyoshi school in Higo. It measures 2 15/16 inches or 7.5…
AN ATTRACTIVE HIGO TSUBA #020912
Read moreThis is a very attractive Higo iron tsuba. It is carved in the form of a stylized pine tree with…
INTERESTING IRON TSUBA #111414
Read moreThis is a very interesting and unusual iron sukashi tsuba. I call it my "tsuba" tsuba.
NICE SHOAMI TSUBA #000465
Read moreThis is a very pleasing iron tsuba of the Shoami school. It measures 2 13/16 inches or 7.2 cm by…
PLEASING SHOAMI SUKASHI TSUBA #000459
Read moreThis is a very nice sukashi iron tsuba that has been attributed to the Shoami school. It is a plant…
BIZEN KANEMITSU TANTÔ 備前兼光 #110214
Read moreI am pleased to offer this beautiful tantô by the famous Bizen Osafune smith, O-Kanemitsu. It passed Jûyô Tôken in…
JUYO TOKEN WAKIZASHI BY SHIKIBU NO JO NOBUKUNI 式部氶信国 #110514
Read moreThe first generation Nobukuni was from Yamashiro Province. He was the son of Ryokai Hisanobu and he is thought to…
JÛYÔ TANTÔ BY BIZEN KAGEMITSU 備前景光 #110112
Read moreBizen Kagemitsu was the son of Bizen Nagamitsu who was, in turn, the son of the founder of the Bizen…
MASATSUGU WAKIZASHI 政次 #000369
Read moreThis is a very nice wakizashi by the Shimada smith, Masatsugu. The cutting edge is 14 1/4 inches and it…
