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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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Articles |THE NAKAI TOKUBETSU JÛYÔ KOSHIRAE
In the middle of the 19th century (1851), a man named Nakai Genzaemon ordered the custom fabrication of a koshirae…
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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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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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UNUSUAL WAKIZASHI KOSHIRAE by Takahashi Kiyotsugu 高橋清次
This is a very unusual and interesting wakizashi koshirae. It dates to the last half of the nineteenth century and…
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BEAUTIFUL WAKIZASHI BY KANEWAKA 兼若 #071114
This is a very nice wakizashi by the Kaga smith, Kanewaka. There are several generations of smiths who worked under…
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MINO KANEYOSHI WAKIZASHI 兼吉 #000515
This is a lovely Koto period wakizashi from the Genki or Tensho era (1570-1573). The signature reads Seki Zensho Kaneyoshi.
