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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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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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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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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…
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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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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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BEAUTIFUL WAKIZASHI BY AIZU KANESADA (兼定) #050818
This is a very powerful wakizashi by the Jo-saku rated smith Aizu Kanesada. Kanesada worked around the Ansei era (1854) in…
