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CUTE “ANT” TANTÔ 111219
This is a small tantô with the blade measuring 4.875 inches. The overall length of the tantô in its koshirae…
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NIDAI MURAMASA 二代村正 110317
For hundreds of years the swords of nidai Muramasa (二代村正) have been regarded as swords with evil powers. When we…
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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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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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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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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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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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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)…
