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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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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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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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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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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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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…
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TACHI BY HIZEN YOSHIFUSA WITH OUTSTANDING TACHI KOSHIRAE (肥前良房)#020318
This is a fine katana by Shodai Hizen (no) Kuni Saga Jû Minamoto Yoshifusa (肥前国佐賀住源良房). He is rated as a…
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KATANA BY CHIKUZEN NOBUKUNI YOSHIKANE 筑前信国吉兼 #110417
This is an outstanding katana by the well known Chikuzen smith, Nobukuni Yoshikane. He was called Sukezaemon and was the…
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KATANA BY TAKADA MUNEYUKI 髙田統行 #021018
This is a mumei katana from the Koto period. It has been attributed to the smith, Muneyuki, who was from…
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NIDAI MURAMASA 二代村正 #FMW0033
It is a rare pleasure to be able to offer for sale a sword by such a famous (or infamous)…
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NICELY MOUNTED SHINTO DAISHO #120317
I am pleased to present this very nice pair of Shinto blades with matching daisho koshirae. This is a true…
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A POWERFUL KATANA BY YAMAURA YOSHINOBU #110217
This is a very interesting and rare katana by the Shinshintô smith, Yoshinobu. Yoshinobu was a smith from Shinano province…
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MOUNTED KATANA BY MINO KANENORI 兼法 #110817
This is a very fine katana by the Koto Mino smith, Kanenori. There were three generations of smiths who signed…
