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A TACHI BY BIZEN OMIYA MORISHIGE備前大宮盛重 080722
The tachi presented here is a rare example of the Nanbokuchô period because it still retains its signature. This blade…
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Articles |BIZEN YOSAZAEMONJÔ SUKESADA 備前与三左衛門尉佐定
With the onset of the Onin War in Kyoto (1467-1477) and the breakdown of the Ashikaga Shogunate system, the Sengoku…
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Articles |THE UNRUI GROUP 雲類系
The swordsmiths with names starting with the kanji character UN (雲)such as Unshô (雲生), Unji(雲次), and Unjû (雲重)are either called…
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Articles |THE BIZEN YOSHII SCHOOL 備前吉井派
The Yoshii (吉井派)school was active in Yoshii, near Osafune, beginning in the Nanbokuchô period. Tamenori (為則) is said to have…
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Articles |BIZEN ÔMIYA MORIKAGE 備前大宮盛景
The founder of the Bizen Ômiya (備前大宮) School is generally thought to have been Kunimori (国盛). He was active around…
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Articles |BIZEN MITSUTADA 備前光忠
Perhaps the most famous of all schools of sword making is the Bizen School (備前). Within the Bizen School (備前),…
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Articles |BIZEN GOROSAEMON no JÔ NORIMITSU 備前五郎左衛門尉則光
Bizen Gorozaemon-no- Jô Norimitsu （備前五郎左衛門尉則光）was born around the twelfth year of Oei (1407). He was the son of Sukezaemon Norimitsu …
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Articles |BIZEN OSAFUNE CHIKAKAGE 備前長船近景
Bizen Osafune Chikakage (備前長船近景) was the son of Chikatsune(近恒). He was the student of Nagamitsu (長光) and a contemporary of…
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Articles |THE BITCHU AOE SCHOOL 備中青江
To properly understand the foundation and beginnings of the Bitchu Aoe School (備中青江) we must first study geography and history. …
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Articles |KOYAMA MUNETSUGU 固山宗次
Munetsugu’s (宗次) given name was Koyama Sobei (固山宗兵衛) and he was born in 1802 in Shirakawa province in Oshu Prefecture. …
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BIZEN KANEMITSU TANTÔ 備前兼光 #110214
I am pleased to offer this beautiful tantô by the famous Bizen Osafune smith, O-Kanemitsu. It passed Jûyô Tôken in…
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BIZEN OMIYA MORIKAGE KATANA 備前大宮盛景
This is a Jûyô Tôken sword by the well known Omiya Bizen (大宮備前) smith, Morikage (盛景). Morikage (盛景) is said…
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BEAUTIFUL TANTO BY YUKIMITSU 幸光 #110816
This is an elegant little tanto made by the Muromachi era Bizen smith, Yukimitsu. The full signature reads Bizen (no)…
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Articles |BIZEN KANEMITSU 備前兼光
Bizen Kanemitsu (備前兼光) was the son of Bizen Kagemitsu (備前景光) who was the son of Bizen Nagamitsu (備前長光). He was…
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Articles |BIZEN MORISUKE 備前守助
This a very interesting tachi by the Bizen smith, Morisuke. It is signed Bishû Osafune Jû Morisuke (備州長船住守助). It is…
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Articles |BIZEN OSAFUNE KAGEMITSU 備前長船景光
Bizen 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…
