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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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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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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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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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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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BIZEN KANEMITSU TANTÔ 備前兼光 #110214
I am pleased to offer this beautiful tantô by the famous Bizen Osafune smith, O-Kanemitsu. It passed Jûyô Tôken in…
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JUYO TANTO BY RAI KUNIMITSU 来国光 #110114
Rai Kunimitsu(来国光) is conventionally understood to have been the son or student of Rai Kunitoshi (来国俊). He worked from the…
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JUYO TOKEN WAKIZASHI BY SHIKIBU NO JO NOBUKUNI 式部氶信国 #110514
The first generation Nobukuni was from Yamashiro Province. He was the son of Ryokai Hisanobu and he is thought to…
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A SIGNED AND DATED WAKIZASHI BY YOSHIOKA ICHIMONJI SUKEHIDE 吉岡一文字助秀 #010217
I am extremely happy and proud to present this very rare and important wakizashi. Not only is it one of…
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JÛYÔ TANTÔ BY BIZEN KAGEMITSU 備前景光 #110112
Bizen Kagemitsu was the son of Bizen Nagamitsu who was, in turn, the son of the founder of the Bizen…
