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JÛYÔ HASEBE KATANA 長谷部 110119
Hasebe Kunishige (長谷部国重) has long been considered to be a pupil of Masamune (正宗) (Masamune Juttetsu). His oldest remaining dated…
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KATANA BY ECHIZEN NO KAMI YOSHIKADO 越前吉門 060219
This is a beautiful sword by the Jo-saku sword smith, Yoshikado (吉門). He was originally called Kawamura Chôbei. He originally…
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GÔ YOSHIHIRO 江義弘 110518
Yoshihiro (義弘) is one of the most famous sword smiths of all time. Yoshihiro’s (義弘) given name was Matsukura Go…
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ISHIDÔ KATANA MITSUHIRA WITH CUTTING TEST 060119 石堂光平
This is a beautiful blade by the important Ishido smith, Mitsuhira. This blade is unusual because he tempered it in…
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KATANA BY ECHIZEN MUNEYOSHI 越前宗吉030120
Muneyoshi was a swordsmith who worked around the Keichô era (1596-1615) at the end of the kotô era of sword…
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MUTSU NO KAMI TACHIBANA TAMEYASU 000539
The Ishidô (石堂) school originated at the Sekido Temple in Ômi Province around the Kanei period (1624). From there the…
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KATANA BY NAGAMICHI 000538
I am pleased to present this very nice and healthy katana by the Osaka Shintô smith, Nagamichi. Nagamichi is also…
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KAMAKURA BORI TSUBA 鎌倉彫 030220
This is a very nice iron tsuba of the Kamakura Bori school. The name of this school refers to the…
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BEAUTIFUL KYO-SUKASHI TSUBA 010520
This is a large and intricately carved iron tsuba of the Kyo-sukashi school made during the Edo period. It measures…
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POWERFUL ONO SCHOOL TSUBA 010420
This is a very nice iron tsuba of the Ono school. The Ono school was a group of craftsman in…
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OLD KATCHUSHI TSUBA 010220
This is an old iron tsuba( probably Muromachi era) that I believe is of the Katchushi school (sword smith tsuba). …
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HIGO JINGO TSUBA 010320
This tsuba is from the Higo Jingo school. It measures 2 ¾ inches by 2 11/16 inches nor 7 cm…
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UNUSUAL AND INTERESTING TSUBA 010120
This is a lovely tsuba with an unusual shape. It is made of iron and comprised of four almost circular…
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KATANA BY KÔZUKE DAIJÔ SUKESADA 12119
Kôzuke no Daijô Sukesada (上野大掾祐定) was the son of Shichibei no Jô Sukesada (七兵衛尉祐定) and was active around the Jôo…
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A VERY ATTRACTIVE DAISHO 120219
A pairing of an uchigatana koshirae (打刀拵) with a wakizashi koshirae (脇指拵) having the same metal fittings, lacquer coating of the saya, and hilt wrapping…
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TACHI BY KO-BIZEN HIRONAO 古備前弘直100119
The Bizen Province, since ancient times, produced many fine swordsmiths who worked throughout all the periods of sword history from…
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CUTE “ANT” TANTÔ 111219
This is a small tantô with the blade measuring 4.875 inches. The overall length of the tantô in its koshirae…
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JÛYÔ TENSHO ERA UCHIGATANA KOSHIRAE 110419
I am pleased to present this truly rare item for sale. It is an original and intact uchigatana koshirae from…
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KATANA BY TSUKAMOTO OKIMASA 塚本起正 111119
Okimasa was born on November 13 in the third year of Taisho (1914) in Koriyama city in Fukushima Prefecture. He…
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NIDAI MURAMASA 二代村正 110317
For hundreds of years the swords of nidai Muramasa (二代村正) have been regarded as swords with evil powers. When we…
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AN UNUSUAL AND RARE KAGAMISHI TSUBA 110219
This is a large and very unusual Kagamishi (mirror maker) tsuba dating to the Muromachi Era. It measures 3.58 inches…
