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SHINSAKUTÔ BY ENOMOTO SADAYOSHI 貞吉000536
This is an outstanding shinsakuto by Enomoto Sadayoshi of the Gassan School. Enamoto Sadayoshi is the sword name of Enomoto…
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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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A VERY “PUNNY” TANTÔ
This little tantô brings with it good fortune for a Samurai. Anyone familiar with Japanese food knows that dashi (fish…
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MINO KANEFUSA KO-WAKIZASHI (兼房) 000526
This is a kotô ko-wakizashi by the Mino smith Kanefusa. There were several generations of kotô smiths by this name…
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DAISHO BY SHODAI HIZEN MUNETSUGU (肥前宗次) #020218
The first generation Hizen Munetsugu (肥前宗次) was originally called Sakai Mitsuemon or Sakai Sanuemon (境三右衛門). His first residence was in…
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OUTSTANDING JÛYÔ TÔKEN BIZEN ICHIMONJI KATANA 一文字 #051018
The Ichimonji School (一文字)in Bizen Province was a large school that was founded in the beginning of the Kamakura period…
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EXTREMELY RARE TANTÔ BY YASUKUNI YASUTOSHI 靖利#050918
Yasutoshi (靖利)was born in the fourth year of Taisho in Hiroshima Prefecture. He was the third son of Yasutoku who became…
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OUTSTANDING KATANA BY BIZEN NAGAMITSU 備前永光
It is with great pleasure that I am able to offer this wonderful katana from the Muromachi era. Nagamitsu worked…
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A WONDERFUL JÛYÔ TACHI BY THE AOE SCHOOL
This wonderful tachi from the Kamakura Era and its accompanying tachi koshirae would be a wonderful addition to anyone’s collection. …
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NANBOKUCHÔ ERA TACHI OF THE HOKKE SCHOOL (法華系)
This is a powerful blade of the Hokke school of Bingo Provence. It is unsigned but that is usually the…
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MASSIVE KATANA BY KANETAKA (金高)
This is a very wide and strong katana by the Mino smith, Kanetaka. It is signed Harima (no) Kami Kanetaka.…
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KATANA BY ECHIGO YUKIMICHI WITH KOSHIRAE (越後幸道）
This is a very nice katana by the smith Yukimichi. Yukimichi was a smith who worked in Echigo Province around…
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MOUNTED KATANA BY MUNEYUKI (統行)
This is an absolutely beautiful koto katana attributed to the Bungo Takada smith, Muneyuki. Muneyuki was a smith who worked…
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NANBOKUCHÔ ERA TACHI BY AKIKUNI
This is a very beautiful and powerful tachi from the late Nanbokucho Era (1300's). It has been attributed by the…
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BEAUTIFULLY MOUNTED TANTO BY ARIKOTO 有功
Arikoto was a sword smith from Kyoto who worked around 1848. He was a student of Omori Toshihide and Morioka…
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KATANA BY TAKADA MUNEYUKI 髙田統行 #021018
This is a mumei katana from the Koto period. It has been attributed to the smith, Muneyuki, who was from…
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KATANA BY CHIKUZEN NOBUKUNI YOSHIKANE 筑前信国吉兼
This is a very attractive katana by the well known Chikuzen smith, Nobukuni Yoshikane. He was called Sukezaemon and was…
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MOON OVER MY FANNY
I am calling this newest addition to my mezurashii mono collection of unusual things, moon over my fanny (apologies to…
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KO-GATANA BY KINMICHI
KO-GATANA BY KINMICHI This is a very nice ko-gatana which is purported to have been made by the fifth generation…
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Ko-wakizashi by Kinmichi in outstanding original koshirae
This is a ko-wakizashi that is singed Iga (no) Kami Kinmichi on the emote and a Kiku Mon together with…
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THREE KO-GATANA FOR Ô-KOZUKA 大小柄の小刀
As one would expect, oversized kozuka (ô-kozuka) require oversized blades (ko-gatana). The word, ko-gatana, literally means small sword. Whether…
