POWERFUL MYOCHIN IRON TSUBA 120223
Read moreThis is an iron sukashi tsuba from the Myochin school. The Myochin school were primarily makers of the finest armor,…
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…
A STUNNING KAGA GOTÔ KOZUKA 加賀後藤小柄 110223
Read moreNihonto.com is pleased to present a recently acquired kozuka of the Kaga Gotô school. In our opinion this kozuka dates…
KATANA BY NIDAI HIZEN MASAHIRO 二代肥前正広100122
Read moreNidai Kawachi-no-Kami Masahiro was born in the fourth year of Kan’ei (1627) when his father was 21 years old. He…
NICE FLOWER MENUKI (JAPANESE SWORD FITTINGS) 100923
Read moreA very nice pair of Mino school Japanese menuki. These menuki are carved in the typical Mino motif of a…
Events |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…
SUPERBLY CARVED IRON JAPANESE TSUBA 100523
Read moreThis is a fantastic Japanese tsuba. I just acquired it and have not, as yet, put it to shinsa but…
OUTSTANDING TOMOTSUNE CHOSHÛ TSUBA (友恒長州鐔) 100423
Read moreThis is a lovely iron tsuba signed Choshû Hagi Jû Tomotsune Saku. It measure 3 inches or 7.7 cm by…
HEIAN ERA TACHI BY OHARA SANEMORI 大原真守 000049
Read moreOne old account says that Hôki Yasutsuna (伯耆安綱), the founder of the Ko-Hôki school lived in the Daido era (806-810). …
HIGO DAISHO KOSHIRAE 肥後大小拵 080223
Read moreNihonto.com is pleased to present a very nice Higo school set of fittings. The two saya are comprised of samé…
TANTÔ KOSHIRAE BY KANO NATSUO AND SASAYAMA TOKUOKI 加納夏雄 & 篠山篤興 080423
Read moreNihonto.com is pleased to present this wonderful aikuchi tantô koshirae by two of the most famous artists of the 19thcentury. …
SUE-AOE NAGINATA NAOSHI KATANA (末青江) 000548
Read moreTo properly understand the foundation and beginnings of the Bitchû Aoe School (備中青江) we must first study geography and history. …
KYÔ-KINKO SAMURAI MENUKI 060423
Read moreThis is a lovely pair of shakudo menuki from the Kyô-Kinko school. They depict two mounted Samurai racing towards each…
WAKASA NO KAMI UJIFUSA KATANA (若狭守氏房) Owned by DAIMYO HIRAOKA YORIKATSU (平岡頼勝)
Read moreHiraoka Yorikatsu (平岡頼勝) was born in Eiroku three (永禄1560) as son of Hiraoka Yoritoshi (平岡頼俊). Yorikatsu’s given name was Tōzō…
BITCHU NO KAMI TACHIBANA YASUHIRO 備中守橘康廣 110522
Read moreBitchu no Kami Tachibana Yasuhiro (備中守橘康廣) belonged to the Ishido Kei (石堂系) that had its foundations in Omi Province. Omi…
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…
FUTATOKOROMONO BY NOMURA KANENORI 野村包教111222
Read moreKanenori was a student of the first generation Kitagawa Sôten (Munenori). He was from Hikone in Ômi Province. He worked…
FUKUOKA ICHIMONJI YOSHIFUSA TACHI 福岡一文字吉房
Read moreThe Ichimonji School (一文字) in Bizen Province was a large school that was founded in the beginning of the Kamakura…
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…
