-
SHODAI ECHIZEN MASANORI KATANA (越前正則) 000547
This 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
Niohonto.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
Nihonto.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
This 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
Nihonto.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
To properly understand the foundation and beginnings of the Bitchû Aoe School (備中青江) we must first study geography and history. …
-
INTERESTING WAKI-GOTÔ MENUKI 060623
We 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
This is a fabulous pair of what I believe to be menuki of the Nara school. The design is a…
-
KYÔ-KINKO SAMURAI MENUKI 060423
This is a lovely pair of shakudo menuki from the Kyô-Kinko school. They depict two mounted Samurai racing towards each…
-
BEAUTIFUL KOZUKA BY GOTÔ DENJÔ 後藤傳乗 060223
Nihonto.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)
Hiraoka 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
This is a very nice yoroi-doshi (armor piercing) tantô from the late Edô era. It is signed by its maker,…
-
SHODAI HIZEN YUKIHIRO (肥前行広)100321
The 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…
-
AN AWATAGUCHI KUNIYASU TACHI 粟田口国安
Awataguchi lies on the main road which goes from Kyôto to Ômi province. Many smiths settled there since the early…
-
KATANA BY TAIKEI NAOTANE 大慶直胤 030123
Taikei 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…
-
KATANA BY KAGA HIROTAKA (廣高) RH000548
This is a very nice katana with koshirae from the Shintô era. It was made by the Kaga smith, Hirotaka…
-
Events |33rd ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO JAPANESE SWORD SHOW
On 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
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…
-
KATANA BY TANGO no KAMI NAOMICHI (丹後守直道) 120122
Tango no Kami Naomichi (丹後守直道) was a smith from the Mishina school who worked in Osaka in the late 1600’s…
-
A NAOKATSU KATANA AND TADAYOSHI WAKIZASHI DAISHO (直勝と忠吉大小) 090422
Nihonto.com is very pleased to present this beautiful daisho of Japanese swords that belonged to a high ranking Samurai who…
-
KATANA BY IZUMI (no) KAMI KANESHIGE和泉守兼重 090322
For many years Izumi (no) Kami Kaneshige (和泉守兼重) was thought to be the same smith as Kazusa (no) Suke Kaneshige…
