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TOKUBETSU JÛYÔ TANTÔ by MORIIE守家 110224
During the middle of the Kamakura period, Bizen-Den swordmaking was dominant, and saw the rise of great smiths in Fukuoka…
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BIZEN OSAFUNE NAGAMITSU KATANA (備前長船永光)100525
Most sword collectors have heard of the great smith Bizen Nagamitsu (備前永光who worked in the Kamakura era around 1275 and…
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TANTO BY ECHIZEN SHIMOSAKA 越前下坂 100725
The story of the Echizen Shimosaka starts with the first generation Yasutsugu (康継). He is believed to have been born…
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BIZEN OSAFUNE NAGAMITSU TACHI 備前長船長光 101025
Bizen Nagamitsu (備前長光) was the son of Bizen Mitsutada (備前光忠) who was the founder of the Bizen Osafune School (備前長船). …
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Articles |A HIIRAGIYA TSUBA USED TO DEPICT JAPANESE HISTORY
Toward the end of the Gempei War between the armies of the Taira and Minamoto, a revolt occurred in the…
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Articles |AWATAGUCHI KUNIYASU 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…
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KATANA BY TOSA YOSHINARI 土佐吉作 120125
Yoshinari (吉作) was a sword smith who worked in Tosa province around the Kyohô era (1716). He was the son…
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A KATANA BY SHITAHARA TERUSHIGE 照重 090225
This katana by the Shitahara smith, Terushige, is a wonderful combination of grace and sheer power. It dates to the…
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KATANA BY MINO KANETSUNE 兼常 010126
Nihonto.com is pleased to present this very well mounted katana by the kotô smith, Kanetsune of the Mino school. He…
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BINGO KO-MIHARA KATANA 古三原 080625
The Mihara School was founded in Bingo Province by Masaie (正家). Swordsmiths of this school were active beginning in the…
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TSUBA BY GOTÔ MITSUYOSHI 後藤光美000094
Gotô Mitsuyoshi (後藤真乗) was the fifteenth mainline master for the Gotô family. His art name was Gotô Shinjo (後藤真乗). He…
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KATANA BY ÔSHU KUNIHIRO 奥州国広 070225
This is a nicely mounted katana from the northern part of Honshû Island directly across from Hokkaido. It is known…
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WAKIZASHI OF THE YAMATO SHIKKAKE SCHOOL 070425
The founder of the Shikkake (尻懸) School is traditionally said to have been Norihiro (則弘) who lived around the end…
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KATANA BY NIDAI YAMASHIRO KUNIKIYO 山城国清 070325
Kunikiyo was born in 1589 in Matsuhiro city in Shinshu. His given name was Shimada Kichiemon and he was a student…
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INTERESTING YOSHIOKA/GOTÔ KOZUKA 080325
This is a very interesting and beautiful kozuka that the NBTHK has attributed to the Yoshioka school of the Edo…
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OUTSTANDING KAGA-KINKO KOZUKA 080125
Here was have a lovely example of an Edo period (18th-19th century) kozuka of the Kaga-kinko school. The background is…
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BEAUTIFULLY CARVED MITO TSUBA 080225
Nihonto.com is pleased to present this lovely Mito school sukashi tsuba that depicts the three enlightened Taoist immortals. It is…
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SHODAI HIZEN MASAHIRO 初代肥前正廣 050125
The first-generation Masahiro (Shodai) was born in Saga city of Hizen Province in 1607. His father was Yoshinobu who was…
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KATANA BY ECHIZEN TAMETSUGU 越前為継 060125
Tametsugu (為継) worked in the beginning of the Nanbokuchô era and was originally from Echizen Province (越前国). While there is…
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TANTÔ BY SA YASUYOSHI 左安吉110524
Yasuyoshi was the son of Samonji (左文字) who was also famously known as Ô-Sa (the Great Sa). Like his father,…
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Articles |SECOND GENERATION MURAMASA KATANA 二代村正 120124
Any study of nidai Muramasa Kei (二代村正系) would be remiss if it did not start with a bit of historical…
