EXCELLENT DRAGON TSUKA (SWORD HANDLE) 100723
Read moreThis is a very nice tsuka for a handachi wakizashi. The total length is 7.5 inches or 19.1 cm. The…
BEAUTIFUL KAGA ZOGAN KOZUKA (加賀象眼小柄) 030324
Read moreBefore I get to the specific description of style, measurements, etc. of this lovely kozuka, I would like to spend…
Events |34TH ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO JAPANESE SWORD SHOW
Read moreOn August 2nd, August 3rd, and 4th of 2023 the Northern California Japanese Sword Club will host its 34rd annual…
RARE UMETADA MYÔJU SCHOOL TSUBA (梅忠明寿伝鐔)110423
Read moreNihonto.com is very pleased to offer this rare and unusual Umedata school tsuba by the artist Kataoka Genji. This tsuba…
TOKUBETSU JÛYÔ KATANA BY RAI KUNITOSHI 来国俊 111223
Read moreA group of swordsmiths, founded by Kuniyuki (国行) and called the “Rai school”, existed in Kyoto and thrived from the…
BEAUTIFUL SHIKKAKE SCHOOL KATANA 尻懸 020124
Read moreThe founder of the Shikkake (尻懸) School is traditionally said to have been Norihiro (則弘) who lived around the end…
Antiques |MID 20TH CENTURY SWORD STAND WITH DRAWERS 020224
Read moreThis is a very attractive sword stand for two swords. It is a very convenient size measuring 14 .625 inches…
UCHIGATANA BY MINO SENJUIN DÔIN (美濃千手院道印) 110523
Read moreNihonto.com is very pleased to present a very interesting sword that dates back to the middle of the Muromachi era…
KATANA BY HIZEN YOSHITSUGU (肥前吉次) 110623
Read moreNihonto.com is pleased to present this katana by the Hizen smith, Yoshitsugu. The full signature of this smith is Hizen…
NAGINATA BY YAMASHIRO KUNISHIGE (山城国重) 010324
Read moreNihonto.com is pleased to present this very attractive Naginata by the second generation Musashi (Edô) school smith, Kunishige. The blade…
NIDAI MURAMASA YARI (村正槍) 010224
Read moreIt is our pleasure to offer for sale a yari by the famous (or infamous) smith, the second generation Muramasa. …
BEAUTIFULLY LACQUERED SWORD STAND 010124
Read moreNihonto.com is pleased to offer this very attractive katana kake (sword stand). It has room to hold up to three…
UNUSUAL TSUBA BY NOBUIE 信家鐔 110222
Read moreThe works of Nobuie are famous because his works forged an absolutely new path in the artistry of tsuba making. …
HEIAN ERA TACHI OF THE KO-HÔKI SCHOOL 古伯耆系 120123
Read moreNihonto.com is extremely pleased to present for sale this outstanding Ko-Hôki (古伯耆) tachi from the Heian Era. One old account…
GOLD AND SHIBUICHI KAGA GOTÔ KOZUKA 110923
Read moreNihonto.com is pleased to present this beautiful kozuka of the Kaga Gotô school. This kozuka depicts a warrior on horseback…
POWERFUL MYOCHIN IRON TSUBA 120223
Read moreThis is an iron sukashi tsuba from the Myochin school. The Myochin school were primarily makers of the finest armor,…
OUTSTANDING JÛYÔ HAGURO TSUBA 羽黒鐔 110723
Read moreThis is a large tsuba of excellently forged iron, which mimics, through three-dimensional openwork (nikubori ji-sukashi), a Buddhist rosary (juzu,…
THESE MICE MENUKI ARE TOO CUTE! 🐀 目貫 110823
Read moreHere we present a pair of mice menuki that are almost too cute for words. They are made of shakudo…
A STUNNING KAGA GOTÔ KOZUKA 加賀後藤小柄 110223
Read moreNihonto.com is pleased to present a recently acquired kozuka of the Kaga Gotô school. In our opinion this kozuka dates…
KATANA BY NIDAI HIZEN MASAHIRO 二代肥前正広100122
Read moreNidai Kawachi-no-Kami Masahiro was born in the fourth year of Kan’ei (1627) when his father was 21 years old. He…
