KATANA BY BIZEN YOSHIMITSU (備前義光) RH000544
Read moreNihonto.com is pleased to present and outstanding katana by the well-known Bizen smith, Yoshimitsu (備前義光). Bizen Yoshimitsu worked in the…
TANTÔ BY MORIMASA IN UNUSUAL KOSHIRAE (守政) RH000546
Read moreThis is a tantô from the Shinshintô period of the 19th century. It is signed Morimasa (守政). The cutting edge…
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…
DAISHO OF SAMÉ TSUBA AND TSUKA 050522
Read moreNow here is something that you will not see very often. This is a daisho set of tsuba and tsuka…
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 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…
TANTÔ BY SHODAI YASUTSUGU 康継 100322
Read moreThe story of the Yasutsugu (康継) lineage starts with the birth of the first generation, Ichizaemon (市左衛門), who is believed…
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…
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). …
TSUBA BY KITAGAWA SHÛTEN 喜多川秀典 010123
Read moreThis is something rarely offered for sale. A tsuba by the first generation Sôheishi Sôten, the founder of the very…
JÛYÔ TANTÔ KOSHIRAE BY SASAYAMA TOKUOKI 篠山篤興
Read moreTokuoki (篤興) was born on November 17th of Bunka 10 (1813) and he passed away on December 10 of Meiji…
Events |33rd ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO JAPANESE SWORD SHOW
Read moreOn August 4th, August 5th, and 6th of 2023 the Northern California Japanese Sword Club will host its 33rd annual…
TACHI BY BIZEN OSAFUNE KAGEMITSU 備前長船景光
Read moreBizen Kagemitsu (備前景光) was the son of Bizen Nagamitsu (備前長光) who was, in turn, the son of the founder of…
WAKIZASHI BY TENRYUSHI MASATAKA 天龍子正隆 120422
Read moreMasataka (正隆) was born in 1802 in the Settsu area (Osaka). He was the son of Takashige of Settsu (隆繁)…
KATANA BY SÔSHÛ TSUNAHIRO 相州綱廣 120222
Read moreThe overall workmanship of blades made in the Sôshû tradition does not, as a rule, measure up to the Sôshû…
KATANA BY TANGO no KAMI NAOMICHI (丹後守直道) 120122
Read moreTango no Kami Naomichi (丹後守直道) was a smith from the Mishina school who worked in Osaka in the late 1600’s…
KATANA BY ISHIDÔ MORIHISA 石堂守久 120322
Read moreMorihisa was a member of the Edô Ishidô school of sword smiths. His given name was Hachizaemonnojô. He was the…
OMI NO KAMI TSUGUHIRO 近江守継廣 110622
Read moreOmi no Kami Tsuguhiro (近江守継廣) was a member of the Echizen Seki (越前関) school. He was one of many swordsmiths…
TANBA NO KAMI YOSHIMICHI WAKIZASHI IN OUTSTANDING KOSHIRAE (丹波守吉道) 110822
Read moreWe are pleased to present a very unusual and beautiful wakizashi from the Kyotô Shintô Yoshimichi smith lineage. This blade…
EARLY WAKIZASHI BY OYA KUNISADA (親国貞) 100222
Read moreKunisada (国貞) was born in Tensho 18 (1590) in Hyuga province, present day Miyazaki prefecture. He became a student of…
