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BIZEN HATAKEDA SANEMORI 備前畠田真守 000040
Although the Bizen Hatakeda (畠田)school originated and flourished in Hatakeda (畠田), which is adjacent to Osafune (長船) village, it has…
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HIRATA HIKOZO JÛYÔ TSUBA 000045
Nihonto.com is extremely proud to offer this top quality example of one of the most famous of the Higo tsubako,…
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BEAUTIFUL EDO ERA TSUBA 020119
This is a large and well executed Edo kinko tsuba. The iron plate is well made and carved with a…
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AOE SCHOOL KATANA (青江) 010419
I am pleased to present this Jûyô Tôken naginata-naoshi katana by the Bitchû Aoe school of the late Kamakura era…
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ECHIZEN MASANORI KATANA 越前正則 000528
I am pleased to present this long and powerful katana by the Echizen smith, Masanori. Masanori worked in Echizen Province around…
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SHINSAKUTÔ BY BITCHÛ YASUTSUGU 備中安次 #000530
Nihonto.com is pleased to present the very fine Shinsakutô made by the well-known smith Yasutsugu. Yasutsugu was born in the…
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SHOAMI TSUBA 正阿弥鐔 #010519
This is an attractive iron wakizashi tsuba of the Shoami school. It dates to the middle of the 19thcentury during…
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TANTÔ BY NIDAI BIZEN YOSAZAEMONJÔ SUKESADA 二代 与三左衛門尉佐定 010119
This is a superb tantô by one of the top smiths of the Sue (late) Bizen era of the Muromachi…
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NIDAI MURAMASA 二代村正 #110317
It is a rare pleasure to be able to offer for sale a second tantô by the famous (or infamous)…
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TACHI BY GENZAEMON no JÔ NOBUKUNI 源左衛門尉信国 020518
The generations of smiths named Nobukuni (信国) that followed the third generation are generally referred to as the Oei Nobukuni…
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JÛYÔ MENUKI by AOKI HARUTSURA青木春貴 FMW00066
Harutsura (春貴)was born in Kyôto in 1805 and he died on February 14, 1858. He was the son of Aoki…
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TANTÔ BY HÔJÔJI MASAHIRO (法成寺正弘) 000523
This is a tantô by the Shintô smith, Hôjôji Masahiro. Masahiro moved from Tajima province to Edo and founded the…
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MINO KANEFUSA KO-WAKIZASHI (兼房) 000526
This is a kotô ko-wakizashi by the Mino smith Kanefusa. There were several generations of kotô smiths by this name…
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DAISHO BY SHODAI HIZEN MUNETSUGU (肥前宗次) #020218
The first generation Hizen Munetsugu (肥前宗次) was originally called Sakai Mitsuemon or Sakai Sanuemon (境三右衛門). His first residence was in…
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JÛYÔ TÔKEN YOSHIOKA ICHIMONJI KATANA 吉岡一文字 #050718
The Ichimonji School (一文字) in Bizen Province was a large school that was founded in the beginning of the Kamakura…
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JÛYÔ ITOMAKI-NO-TACHI KOSHIRAE #060318
This is a fine Itomaki-no-tachi koshirae from the middle Edo period (ca1700). Almost all of the metal fittings were made…
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BIZEN TACHI BY TSUNEIYE (経家) #050218
At the beginning of the Muromachi (室町)era around the Oei (応永)era (1394) most of the different schools in the Bizen…
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EXTREMELY RARE TANTÔ BY YASUKUNI YASUTOSHI 靖利#050918
Yasutoshi (靖利)was born in the fourth year of Taisho in Hiroshima Prefecture. He was the third son of Yasutoku who became…
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SHAKUDO AND GOLD MENUKI #050618
This is a pair of shakudo and gold wash menuki depicting good fortune. It is intricately carved depicting auspicious gifts…
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TETSUGENDÔ SCHOOL MENUKI #050518
I present here a finely detailed pair of iron menuki of the Tetsugendô school. They are delicately and beautifully carved…
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YAMATO SHIZU 大和兼氏 #020118
Kaneuji (兼氏) was born in the late 13th century in the Yamato area. Around the Geno Era (1319-1321), the latter…
