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BEAUTIFUL SHIKKAKE SCHOOL KATANA 尻懸 020124
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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TOKUBETSU JÛYÔ KATANA BY RAI KUNITOSHI 来国俊 111223
A group of swordsmiths, founded by Kuniyuki (国行) and called the “Rai school”, existed in Kyoto and thrived from the…
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KATANA BY HIZEN YOSHITSUGU (肥前吉次) 110623
Nihonto.com is pleased to present this katana by the Hizen smith, Yoshitsugu. The full signature of this smith is Hizen…
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UCHIGATANA BY MINO SENJUIN DÔIN (美濃千手院道印) 110523
Nihonto.com is very pleased to present a very interesting sword that dates back to the middle of the Muromachi era…
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NAGINATA BY YAMASHIRO KUNISHIGE (山城国重) 010324
Nihonto.com is pleased to present this very attractive Naginata by the second generation Musashi (Edô) school smith, Kunishige. The blade…
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NIDAI MURAMASA YARI (村正槍) 010224
It is our pleasure to offer for sale a yari by the famous (or infamous) smith, the second generation Muramasa. …
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HEIAN ERA TACHI OF THE KO-HÔKI SCHOOL 古伯耆系 120123
Nihonto.com is extremely pleased to present for sale this outstanding Ko-Hôki (古伯耆) tachi from the Heian Era. One old account…
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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. …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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KATANA BY NIDAI HIZEN MASAHIRO 二代肥前正広100122
Nidai Kawachi-no-Kami Masahiro was born in the fourth year of Kan’ei (1627) when his father was 21 years old. He…
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KATANA BY ISHIDÔ MORIHISA 石堂守久 120322
Morihisa was a member of the Edô Ishidô school of sword smiths. His given name was Hachizaemonnojô. He was the…
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OMI NO KAMI TSUGUHIRO 近江守継廣 110622
Omi no Kami Tsuguhiro (近江守継廣) was a member of the Echizen Seki (越前関) school. He was one of many swordsmiths…
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JÛYÔ TÔKEN NAKAJIMA RAI KUNINAGA KATANA WITH CUTTING TEST中島来国長090622
Rai Kunitoshi (来国俊) is considered to have been one of the premiere sword smiths of all time and he trained…
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KATANA BY NIDAI HIZEN MASAHIRO 二代肥前正広090222
Nidai Kawachi-no-Kami Masahiro was born in the fourth year of Kan’ei (1627) when his father was 21 years old. He…
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JÛYÔ TÔKEN NAKAJIMA RAI KUNINAGA中島来国長000541
The blade offered here is by the founder of the Nakajima Rai School, Rai Kuninaga (来国長) who was one of…
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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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BEAUTIFUL JÛYÔ YAMATO TEGAI SCHOOL KATANA 大和手搔系 090621
During the Nara period, before the capital was transferred to Kyoto in Yamashiro province, the province of Yamato was the…
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NIDAI DEWA DAIJÔ KUNIMICHI 出羽大掾国路020622
This is an excellent katana by the second generation (Nidai) Dewa Daijô Kunimichi (出羽大掾国路) of the Horikawa Kunihiro (堀川国広) school. …
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JÛYÔ TÔKEN YAMATO SHIKKAKE KATANA 大和尻懸 090421
The founder of the Shikkake (尻懸) School is traditionally said to have been Norihiro (則弘) who lived around the end…