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KATANA BY CHIKUZEN NOBUKUNI YOSHIKANE 筑前信国吉兼
This is a very attractive katana by the well known Chikuzen smith, Nobukuni Yoshikane. He was called Sukezaemon and was…
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MOUNTED KATANA BY MINO KANENORI 兼法 #110817
This is a very fine katana by the Koto Mino smith, Kanenori. There were three generations of smiths who signed…
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KURIKATA by ISSHIN (Masatatsu) 一真 (政龍)
Isshin (一真 ) was born in Kyôto on November 11, 1814 and he died on December4, 1882. His father, Baba…
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KOZUKA by KANÔ NATSUO 加納夏雄
Kanô Natsuo (加納夏雄) was born on April 14th of the 11th year of Bunsei (1828) as the son of a…
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MOON OVER MY FANNY
I am calling this newest addition to my mezurashii mono collection of unusual things, moon over my fanny (apologies to…
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JÛYÔ KO-KINKÔ TSUBA
This is an absolutely outstanding ko-kinko tsuba that dates to the early Muromachi era (early 1400's). While it is somewhat…
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KO-GATANA BY KINMICHI
KO-GATANA BY KINMICHI This is a very nice ko-gatana which is purported to have been made by the fifth generation…
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Ko-wakizashi by Kinmichi in outstanding original koshirae
This is a ko-wakizashi that is singed Iga (no) Kami Kinmichi on the emote and a Kiku Mon together with…
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Articles |The Beauty of the Japanese Sword by Michihiro Tanobe 田野邉道宏
Japanese swords are often perceived to be formidable and inaccessible objects that some people find objectionable or even abhorrent and…
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(NSFW) A very rare kozuka by Goto Eijô 後藤栄乗(1574-1617).
(NSFW) This is an exceedingly rare kozuka done with a shunga subject of a man and a woman in an…
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Articles |ROKUDAI TADAYOSHI 六代忠吉
Rokudai Tadayoshi (六代忠吉), the sixth generation, was born in 1736. The fifth generation Tadayoshi (忠吉) had two sons and the…
