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…
Articles |SECOND GENERATION MURAMASA KATANA 二代村正 120124
Read moreAny study of nidai Muramasa Kei (二代村正系) would be remiss if it did not start with a bit of historical…
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,…
BIZEN OSAFUNE NAGAMITSU 備前長船長光 110424
Read moreBizen Nagamitsu (備前長光) was the son of Bizen Mitsutada (備前光忠) who was the founder of the Bizen Osafune School (備前長船). …
