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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…
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TANTÔ BY SENGO MASASHIGE 千子正重 #010415
I am very pleased to present this fine tanto by the Sengo smith, Masashige. Masashige was the leading student of…
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MOUNTED KATANA BY THE EDO SANDAI YASUTSUGU 三代康継 #080515
Edo Sandai (third generation) Yasutsugu, the oldest son of the Nidai was called Umanosuke, later he was called Ichinojo. Though…
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WAKIZASHI BY MUNEHIRO (SOKAN) 宗廣 #000473
This is a fine wakizashi by one of the top smiths of the Shinshinto Era, Teiryusai Munehiro also known as…
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BEAUTIFUL KATANA BY NIDAI KANEMICHI 二代兼道 #000506
This is a beautiful katana by the second generation Tango no Kami Kanemichi. His work is in ths style of…
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MOUNTED KATANA BY WAKASA FUYUHIRO 冬廣 #000507
This is an interesting katana probably by the fourth generation Fuyuhiro. The Fuyuhiro line of smiths started from the Soshu…
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TANTO BY HARUHISA 治久 #101016
Haruhisa was a smith who worked in the Nagato area (Choshu) around the end of the Edo Era. This is…
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WAKIZASHI BY TADAKUNI 信濃忠国 #000482
This is a very nice wakizashi by Shinano Tadakuni. The full signature reads Shinano Daijô Fujiwara Tadakuni. He worked around…
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WAKIZASHI BY KANETAKA 金高 #000456
This is a very nice wakizashi by the Mino smith, Kanetaka. It is signed Bungo (no) Kami Fujiwara Kanetaka. Kanetaka…
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BEAUTIFUL TANTO BY YUKIMITSU 幸光 #110816
This is an elegant little tanto made by the Muromachi era Bizen smith, Yukimitsu. The full signature reads Bizen (no)…
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WAKIZASHI BY ETCHU SADAYUKI 貞幸 #000496
The first generation of smiths who signed Sadayuki using these kanji was from Owari Province. He signed Etchu no Kami…
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MASATSUGU WAKIZASHI 政次 #000369
This is a very nice wakizashi by the Shimada smith, Masatsugu. The cutting edge is 14 1/4 inches and it…
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BEAUTIFUL WAKIZASHI BY KANEWAKA 兼若 #071114
This is a very nice wakizashi by the Kaga smith, Kanewaka. There are several generations of smiths who worked under…
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MINO KANEYOSHI WAKIZASHI 兼吉 #000515
This is a lovely Koto period wakizashi from the Genki or Tensho era (1570-1573). The signature reads Seki Zensho Kaneyoshi.
