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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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A BEAUTIFUL JÛYÔ TÔKEN SENJUIN SCHOOL TACHI千手院系 070421
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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KATANA BY KINJÛ 金重 090721
This sword is by the Harima smith, Kinjû. The full signature reads Banyô (no) Kuni Gasô Kinjû. This means “Kinjû,…
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HIZEN SAGA JÛ KUNITSUGU 肥前佐賀住國次 090821
Hizen Saga Jû Kunitsugu (肥前佐賀住國次)was a student of Horikawa Kunihiro (堀川国広). Horikawa Kunihiro (堀川国広), one of the most famous sword…
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JÛYÔ TÔKEN TACHI BY BIZEN OSAFUNE KAGEMITSU 備前長船景光 050621
Bizen Kagemitsu (備前景光) was the son of Bizen Nagamitsu (備前長光) who was, in turn, the son of the founder of…
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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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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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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…
