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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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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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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 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…
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THE SÔSHÛ SCHOOL OF THE NANBOKUCHÔ ERA –SÔSHÛ AKIHIRO 相州秋広
In the year 1185 after his victory at the battle of Dan-no-ura, Minamoto Yoritomo decided to move the center of…
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JÛYÔ NAOE SHIZU KATANA 直江志津
A beautiful and graceful tachi that has been shortened to katana length. It was awarded Juyo Token status as belonging…
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BIZEN OMIYA MORIKAGE KATANA 備前大宮盛景
This is a Jûyô Tôken sword by the well known Omiya Bizen (大宮備前) smith, Morikage (盛景). Morikage (盛景) is said…
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IMPORTANT SWORD BY YAMATO SHIZU 大和志津
Blades are called Yamato Shizu when they are thought to have been made by Shizu Kaneuji or his direct students…
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AN IMPORTANT TACHI OF THE FUKUOKA ICHIMONJI SCHOOL 福岡一文字
This is an important and well-known blade from the middle Kamakura Era made by a smith of the Fukuoka Ichimonji…
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KATANA BY ECHIZEN TSUGUHIRO 継廣
Omi no Kami Tsuguhiro was a member of the Echizen Seki school. He was one of many swordsmiths who moved…
