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KATANA BY SHODAI HIZEN MASAHIRO 初代肥前正広 #000529
This is a stunning katana by the first generation Hizen Masahiro. It is a wide and powerful blade showing the…
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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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SIGNED KO-BIZEN TACHI BY SUKEMITSU 助光 0001947
This is a rare treat. It is signed ko-Bizen tachi from the early Kamakura era. This tachi has been shortened…
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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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TANTO BY HORIKAWA KUNIHIRO 堀川国広 110918
Kunihiro(国廣)is considered by many to be the foremost master of all Shintô sword makers in terms of both his skill…
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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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AKAO SCHOOL TSUBA 110718
This is a very nice tsuba that is from the Akao school. The Akao often made rather abstracted sukashi designs…
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SUPERB TSUBA BY ICHIRÛ TOMOMITSU 一柳友光 110318
Nihonto.com is pleased to present this beautiful iron tsuba by the Mito artist Tomomitsu (友光). Tomomitsu’s (友光)family name was Ichiryû (一柳)…
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KATANA BY SHODAI KAGA IYETADA 加賀家忠 110117
I am pleased to present this powerful katana by the Kaga smith Shodai (first generation) Iyetada. The first generation Iyetada…
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BEAUTIFULLY MOUNTED SWORD BY AIZU KANETOMO 会津兼友 110118
This is a very large and strong katana attributed to the Mutsu smith known as Aizu Kanetomo. Kanetomo worked around…
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JÛYÔ TÔKEN WAKIZASHI BY TEGAI KANENAGA (手搔包永) 100218
The Yamato Tegai (大和手搔)school got its name from the fact that its workshop was built in front of the gate…
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SHINSAKUTÔ KATANA BY HIDEMUNE (秀宗) 000527
Seki Ju Hidemune Shinsakutô Katana w/ Koshirae specifically for Iaido Shinken. This sword has the perfect combination of length, balance,…
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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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MOUNTED KATANA BY ECHIZEN KUNITSUNA (越前国綱) 000525
I am pleased to present this long and graceful katana by the Echizen smith, Kunitsuna. Kunitsuna was from the Shintô…
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SWORD STAND FOR THE SANKIN-KÔTAI(参勤交代) #060518
This sword stand was used at the time of sankin-kôtai(参勤交代). Sankin-kôtaiwas a policy of the Tokugawa Shogunate established by the…
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KATANA BY HORIKAWA KUNITAKE 堀川国武 #060218
This is a fine katana by the Shinto smith Kunitake. It is signed Fujiwara Kunitake. He is a Jo-saku rated…
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MOUNTED TANTÔ BY UDA KUNIMUNE 宇多国宗 #060418
This is a nicely mounted tantô signed by one of the later Uda smiths named Kunimune. It dates to the…
