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…
JÛYÔ TÔKEN NAKAJIMA RAI KUNINAGA KATANA WITH CUTTING TEST中島来国長090622
Read moreRai Kunitoshi (来国俊) is considered to have been one of the premiere sword smiths of all time and he trained…
ECHIZEN NO KAMI FUJIWARA TAMETSUGU 越前国藤原為継 080922
Read moreTametsugu (為継) worked in the beginning of the Nanbokuchô era around 1315 to 1380 and was originally from Echizen Province…
FUTOKOROMONO OF MT FUJI 110922
Read moreThis is a lovely set of sword mountings consisting of a set of kozuka and menuki depicting Mount Fuji and…
BEAUTIFUL KAGA GOTÔ KOZUKA （加賀後藤小柄）110722
Read moreNihonto.com is pleased to present this absolutely wonderful gold, silver, and shakudo kozuka. Let me start by saying that the…
BIZEN SUKESADA KATANA備前祐定 090522
Read moreWe are pleased to present an outstanding Kotô katana by one of the Bizen Sukesada (備前祐定) sword smiths. This blade…
TANTÔ BY NIÔ KIYOSADA IN KOSHIRAE (ニ王清定作) 090722
Read moreThis is an unusual sun-nobi tantô from the Muromachi era. It is a signed by Nio Kiyosada and it is…
KATANA BY NIDAI HIZEN MASAHIRO 二代肥前正広090222
Read moreNidai Kawachi-no-Kami Masahiro was born in the fourth year of Kan’ei (1627) when his father was 21 years old. He…
JÛYÔ TÔKEN NAKAJIMA RAI KUNINAGA中島来国長000541
Read moreThe blade offered here is by the founder of the Nakajima Rai School, Rai Kuninaga (来国長) who was one of…
A TACHI BY BIZEN OMIYA MORISHIGE備前大宮盛重 080722
Read moreThe tachi presented here is a rare example of the Nanbokuchô period because it still retains its signature. This blade…
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…
BIZEN TOMOMITSU TACHI 備前備光 050222
Read moreBizen Tomomitsu (備前倫光) was a smith from Bizen Province who worked in the Nanbokuchô Era (1333-1391). He was the son…
