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NIDAI KAWACHI NO KAMI KUNISUKE 二代河内守国助 050322
The second generation Kawachi no Kami Kunisuke (河内守国助) is popularly known as Naka-Kawachi (中河内). The word, “naka”, in Japanese means…
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KATANA BY CHIKUZEN NOBUKUNI YOSHIKANE 筑前信國 吉包 020422
Nihonto.com is pleased to present the katana by Chikuzen Nobukuni Yoshikane (筑前信國吉包). Yoshikane was is son of Chikuzen Nobukuni Yoshitsugu…
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TANGO (no) KAMI KANEMICHI 丹後守兼道 020522
This is a lovely katana by the second generation (Nidai) Tango no Kami Kanemichi of the Mishina school. This smith…
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NIDAI DEWA DAIJÔ KUNIMICHI 出羽大掾国路020622
This is an excellent katana by the second generation (Nidai) Dewa Daijô Kunimichi (出羽大掾国路) of the Horikawa Kunihiro (堀川国広) school. …
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KATANA IN KOSHIRAE BY TOSHINAGA WITH CUTTING TEST 歳長 030322
I am pleased to present this beautiful katana by the Shintô smith, Toshinaga (歳長). Toshinaga was originally from the city…
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A BEAUTIFUL SENJUIN SCHOOL TACHI千手院系 030222
The province of Yamato (大和) was the center of Japanese culture during the Nara (奈良) period before the capital was…
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GENBEINOJÔ SUKESADA 源兵尉尉佐定 010322
With the onset of the Onin War in Kyoto (1467-1477) and the breakdown of the Ashikaga Shogunate system, the Sengoku…
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YAMATO NO KAMI YOSHIMICHI KATANA (大和守吉道 ) AND BINGO MIHARA WAKIZASHI (備後三原) MOUNTED IN BEAUTIFUL DAISHO KOSHIRAE 110421
This is an outstanding daisho of beautiful blades and top quality koshirae that belonged to a high ranking Samurai during…
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KATANA BY TAJIMA KAMI HÔJÔJI TACHIBANA SADAKUNI 但馬守法城寺橘貞国 080521
Tajima Kami Hôjôji Tachibana Sadakuni (但馬守法城寺橘貞国) is a Jôsaku rated smith who worked in Musashi (Edo) around 1658 (Manji Period). …
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JÛYÔ TÔKEN KATANA BY BIZEN MASAMITSU 備前政光 050121
Bizen Masamitsu (備前政光) was a student of the famous Bizen Kanemitsu (備前兼光) also known as O Kanemitsu (大兼光). Masamitsu (政光)…
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JÛYÔ TÔKEN YAMATO SHIKKAKE KATANA 大和尻懸 090421
The founder of the Shikkake (尻懸) School is traditionally said to have been Norihiro (則弘) who lived around the end…
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BEAUTIFUL JÛYÔ TÔKEN TAEMA KATANA当麻 090221
It is commonly believed that the Taema School (当麻系) belonged to the Taema-dera (当麻寺), a branch temple of the Kôfuku-ji…
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KATANA BY SUISHINSHI MASAHIDE (水心子正秀) 060321
Masahide’s real name was Kawabe Gihachirô. He was born in the third year of Kan-en (1750) in Dewa Province on…
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JÛYÔ TÔKEN TEGAI KATANA 大和手搔 090521
The Yamato Tegai (大和手搔) School got its name from the fact that its workshop was built in front of the…
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ECHIZEN NO KAMI FUJIWARA TAMETSUGU 越前国藤原為継 050521
Tametsugu (為継) worked in the beginning of the Nanbokuchô era around 1315 to 1380 and was originally from Echizen Province…
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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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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…
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KATANA BY TOMOTSUGU 友次 #120217
This is a very strong katana by the Etchu smith, Tomotsugu. He was from the Uda school and he worked…
