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). …
SHODAI ECHIZEN MASANORI KATANA (越前正則) 000547
Read moreThis is a beautiful katana by the Echizen Shintô smith Shodai Masanori. His full signature on this blade is Yamato…
A DAISHO KOSHIRAE WITH SÔTEN FITTINGS 大小拵 080323
Read moreNiohonto.com is pleased to present a very pleasing and high quality daisho koshirae with all of the metal fittings from…
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…
HIGO KATANA KOSHIRAE (肥後拵) 080123
Read moreThis is a very attractive Higo Koshirae with a star same saya, beautiful Higo Iron tsuba, the tsuka is wrapped…
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. …
AN AWATAGUCHI KUNIYASU TACHI 粟田口国安
Read moreAwataguchi lies on the main road which goes from Kyôto to Ômi province. Many smiths settled there since the early…
INTERESTING WAKI-GOTÔ MENUKI 060623
Read moreWe present here a nice pair of shakudo and gold waki-Gotô menuki. The design is that of golden fish together…
OUTSTANDING NARA SCHOOL MENUKI 060523
Read moreThis is a fabulous pair of what I believe to be menuki of the Nara school. The design is a…
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…
BEAUTIFUL SHAKUDO NANAKO TSUBA 町彫鐔 060323
Read moreNihonto.com is pleased to present this lovely shakudo nanako machibori tsuba from the 18th or 19th century. It is not…
BEAUTIFUL KOZUKA BY GOTÔ DENJÔ 後藤傳乗 060223
Read moreNihonto.com is pleased to present this lovely kozuka by Gotô Denjô. Gotô Denjô worked around 1700 in Kyôto. He was…
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…
BANSHÛ YOSHIMORI YOROI-DOSHI (美守)054300
Read moreThis is a very nice yoroi-doshi (armor piercing) tantô from the late Edô era. It is signed by its maker,…
KATANA BY TAIKEI NAOTANE 大慶直胤 030123
Read moreTaikei Naotane (大慶直胤) was born in the seventh year of An’ei (安永 1778) in Dewa province (present-day Yamagata Prefecture) into…
SHODAI HIZEN YUKIHIRO (肥前行広)100321
Read moreThe first generation (shodai) Dewa-daijô Yukihiro (出羽大掾行廣) was called Kurôbei and he was born as the second son of Hashimoto…
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…
