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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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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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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…
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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…
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KATANA BY SHODAI YAMASHIRO KUNIKIYO 山城国清 070622
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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Articles |NIHONTÔ, THE JAPANESE SWORD, A SHORT HISTORY.
Most experts agree that the first forged steel swords came to Japan in the same way as many other cultural…
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Articles |NIDAI KAWACHI NO KAMI KUNISUKE 二代河内守国助
The second generation Kawachi no Kami Kunisuke (河内守国助) is popularly known as Naka-Kawachi (中河内). The word, “naka”, in Japanese means…
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KOTÔ KATANA BY SUKESADA 祐定000534
This is a blade by Sukesada and it is dated as being made in the August of the fourth year…
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Articles |THE NAOE SHIZU KEI 直江志津系
The end of the Kamakura era brought two important sword smiths to Mino Province, Kaneuji (兼氏) and Kinjû (金重). Kaneuji…
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JÛYÔ NAOE SHIZU KATANA 直江志津
A beautiful and graceful tachi that has been shortened to katana length. It was awarded Juyo Token status as belonging…
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KATANA BY ECHIZEN TSUGUHIRO 継廣
Omi no Kami Tsuguhiro was a member of the Echizen Seki school. He was one of many swordsmiths who moved…
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MASSIVE KATANA BY JIROTARO NAOKATSU 次郎太郎直勝
This is a fine katana by Jirotaro Naokatsu. Naokatsu was the son of one of the most famous Shinshinto smiths,…
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KATANA BY SHODAI YUKIHIRO 初代行廣
This is a beautiful katana by the first generation Hizen smith, Yukihiro. It is signed on the tachi-mei side Hizen…
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KATANA BY NAOSHIGE 尚重 #000440
This is a very powerful katana by the smith Naoshige. Naoshige was a smith from Kii who lived around 1741.…
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Articles |TAIRYÛSAI MUNEHIRO (SÔKAN) 泰龍齋宗寛
One of the most important sword smiths of the late Edo period was Koyama Munetsugu (固山宗次). It is generally acknowledged…
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Articles |THE DEWA GASSAN SCHOOL 出羽月山系
Gassan Sadayoshi (月山貞吉) was born in 1780 in Dewa province and he was a descendant of the Gassan school of…
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Articles |HOKI NO KAMI MASAYOSHI（伯耆守正良）
Masayoshi (正良) was born in 1733. He was the son of the second generation Masayoshi (正良) and is sometimes referred…
