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EXTREMELY RARE SET OF BOOKS ON YANONE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH 080120
This is a rare five volume hardbound set of books in English exclusively covering Japanese Arrowheads. In the past, arrowheads…
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JÛYÔ TSUBA BY HIRATA HIKOZÔ 平田彦三 080819
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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LOVELY KO-KINKO TSUBA 110319
This is a very attractive Ko-Kinko tsuba from the Muromachi Era. It is slightly oval and measures 2.5 inches or…
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JÛYÔ HIRATA HIKOZÔ TSUBA 平田彦三 110519
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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FOUR BATTLE YANONE #091019
Here is a group of four yanone, three of which are signed. These are all battle points.
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KOTO ERA KARIMATA YANONE #090219
This karimata is from the koto period, it is thin and was meant to be used. The nakago shows great…
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BIZEN MUNETSUGU KATANA WITH CUTTING TEST 備前宗次 000532
Munetsugu’s given name was Koyama Sobei and he was born in 1802 in Shirakawa province in Oshu Prefecture. He was…
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YAMATO TAEMA KATANA 大和当麻 010219
The Taema school (当麻系) is one of the five schools of the Yamato (大和) tradition. The others are the Senjuin…
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UNUSUSAL TENPO TSUBA 040119
This is a large and unusual Tenbo tsuba from the mid 1800's. Usually Tenbo iron tsuba are very plain with…
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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…
