MASSIVE TSUBA BY GOTÔ ICHIJÔ 後藤一乗 010319
Read moreGotô Ichijô was born in Kyôto in the third year of Kansei (1791) . He was the second son of…
AOE SCHOOL KATANA (青江) 010419
Read moreI am pleased to present this Jûyô Tôken naginata-naoshi katana by the Bitchû Aoe school of the late Kamakura era…
TANTO BY HORIKAWA KUNIHIRO 堀川国広 110918
Read moreKunihiro(国廣)is considered by many to be the foremost master of all Shintô sword makers in terms of both his skill…
KATANA BY SHODAI HIZEN MASAHIRO 初代肥前正広 #000529
Read moreThis is a stunning katana by the first generation Hizen Masahiro. It is a wide and powerful blade showing the…
ECHIZEN MASANORI KATANA 越前正則 000528
Read moreI am pleased to present this long and powerful katana by the Echizen smith, Masanori. Masanori worked in Echizen Province around…
SIGNED KO-BIZEN TACHI BY SUKEMITSU 助光 0001947
Read moreThis is a rare treat. It is signed ko-Bizen tachi from the early Kamakura era. This tachi has been shortened…
SHINSAKUTÔ BY BITCHÛ YASUTSUGU 備中安次 #000530
Read moreNihonto.com is pleased to present the very fine Shinsakutô made by the well-known smith Yasutsugu. Yasutsugu was born in the…
SHOAMI TSUBA 正阿弥鐔 #010519
Read moreThis is an attractive iron wakizashi tsuba of the Shoami school. It dates to the middle of the 19thcentury during…
TANTÔ BY NIDAI BIZEN YOSAZAEMONJÔ SUKESADA 二代 与三左衛門尉佐定 010119
Read moreThis is a superb tantô by one of the top smiths of the Sue (late) Bizen era of the Muromachi…
TACHI BY GENZAEMON no JÔ NOBUKUNI 源左衛門尉信国 020518
Read moreThe generations of smiths named Nobukuni (信国) that followed the third generation are generally referred to as the Oei Nobukuni…
JÛYÔ MENUKI by AOKI HARUTSURA青木春貴 FMW00066
Read moreHarutsura (春貴)was born in Kyôto in 1805 and he died on February 14, 1858. He was the son of Aoki…
AKAO SCHOOL TSUBA 110718
Read moreThis is a very nice tsuba that is from the Akao school. The Akao often made rather abstracted sukashi designs…
SUPERB TSUBA BY ICHIRÛ TOMOMITSU 一柳友光 110318
Read moreNihonto.com is pleased to present this beautiful iron tsuba by the Mito artist Tomomitsu (友光). Tomomitsu’s (友光)family name was Ichiryû (一柳)…
KATANA BY SHODAI KAGA IYETADA 加賀家忠 110117
Read moreI am pleased to present this powerful katana by the Kaga smith Shodai (first generation) Iyetada. The first generation Iyetada…
BEAUTIFULLY MOUNTED SWORD BY AIZU KANETOMO 会津兼友 110118
Read moreThis is a very large and strong katana attributed to the Mutsu smith known as Aizu Kanetomo. Kanetomo worked around…
JÛYÔ TÔKEN WAKIZASHI BY TEGAI KANENAGA (手搔包永) 100218
Read moreThe Yamato Tegai (大和手搔)school got its name from the fact that its workshop was built in front of the gate…
SHINSAKUTÔ KATANA BY HIDEMUNE (秀宗) 000527
Read moreSeki Ju Hidemune Shinsakutô Katana w/ Koshirae specifically for Iaido Shinken. This sword has the perfect combination of length, balance,…
TANTÔ BY HÔJÔJI MASAHIRO (法成寺正弘) 000523
Read moreThis is a tantô by the Shintô smith, Hôjôji Masahiro. Masahiro moved from Tajima province to Edo and founded the…
MINO KANEFUSA KO-WAKIZASHI (兼房) 000526
Read moreThis is a kotô ko-wakizashi by the Mino smith Kanefusa. There were several generations of kotô smiths by this name…
MOUNTED KATANA BY ECHIZEN KUNITSUNA (越前国綱) 000525
Read moreI am pleased to present this long and graceful katana by the Echizen smith, Kunitsuna. Kunitsuna was from the Shintô…
SWORD STAND FOR THE SANKIN-KÔTAI(参勤交代) #060518
Read moreThis sword stand was used at the time of sankin-kôtai(参勤交代). Sankin-kôtaiwas a policy of the Tokugawa Shogunate established by the…
KATANA BY HORIKAWA KUNITAKE 堀川国武 #060218
Read moreThis is a fine katana by the Shinto smith Kunitake. It is signed Fujiwara Kunitake. He is a Jo-saku rated…
JÛYÔ TÔKEN YOSHIOKA ICHIMONJI KATANA 吉岡一文字 #050718
Read moreThe Ichimonji School (一文字) in Bizen Province was a large school that was founded in the beginning of the Kamakura…
MOUNTED TANTÔ BY UDA KUNIMUNE 宇多国宗 #060418
Read moreThis is a nicely mounted tantô signed by one of the later Uda smiths named Kunimune. It dates to the…
JÛYÔ ITOMAKI-NO-TACHI KOSHIRAE #060318
Read moreThis is a fine Itomaki-no-tachi koshirae from the middle Edo period (ca1700). Almost all of the metal fittings were made…
BIZEN TACHI BY TSUNEIYE (経家) #050218
Read moreAt the beginning of the Muromachi (室町)era around the Oei (応永)era (1394) most of the different schools in the Bizen…
EXTREMELY RARE TANTÔ BY YASUKUNI YASUTOSHI 靖利#050918
Read moreYasutoshi (靖利)was born in the fourth year of Taisho in Hiroshima Prefecture. He was the third son of Yasutoku who became…
BEAUTIFUL WAKIZASHI BY AIZU KANESADA (兼定) #050818
Read moreThis is a very powerful wakizashi by the Jo-saku rated smith Aizu Kanesada. Kanesada worked around the Ansei era (1854) in…
SHAKUDO AND GOLD MENUKI #050618
Read moreThis is a pair of shakudo and gold wash menuki depicting good fortune. It is intricately carved depicting auspicious gifts…
TETSUGENDÔ SCHOOL MENUKI #050518
Read moreI present here a finely detailed pair of iron menuki of the Tetsugendô school. They are delicately and beautifully carved…
YAMATO SHIZU 大和兼氏 #020118
Read moreKaneuji (兼氏) was born in the late 13th century in the Yamato area. Around the Geno Era (1319-1321), the latter…
KATANA BY SETTSU NAOMICHI (直道) #020418
Read moreTango no Kami Naomichi was from the Tango no Kami Kanemichi Mon. He was first called Jôuemon Naotsugu. He took…
TACHI BY HIZEN YOSHIFUSA WITH OUTSTANDING TACHI KOSHIRAE (肥前良房)#020318
Read moreThis is a fine katana by Shodai Hizen (no) Kuni Saga Jû Minamoto Yoshifusa (肥前国佐賀住源良房). He is rated as a…
A FINE BUNGO KATANA #031018
Read moreI am pleased to offer for sale this fine katana from the Bungo Takada school. It is mumei (unsigned) but…
YÛSHÛTÔ ZUROKU VOLUME ONE #030118
Read moreThis is a copy of the first volume of the Yûshûtô Zuroku book published by the NTHK in Japan. Yûshû…
KATANA BY KIYONDO WITH CUTTING TEST #000521
Read moreThis is a very powerful katana by the well respected Shinshintô sword smith, Saitô Kiyondo. it is shinogi-zukuri with a…
A JÛYÔ ITOMAKI NO TACHI KOSHIRAE #072414
Read moreI am very pleased to offer for sale this outstanding Itomaki no Tachi Koshirae. It was awarded Jûyô Kodogu status…
KATANA BY CHIKUZEN NOBUKUNI YOSHIKANE 筑前信国吉兼 #110417
Read moreThis is an outstanding katana by the well known Chikuzen smith, Nobukuni Yoshikane. He was called Sukezaemon and was the…
KATANA BY TAKADA MUNEYUKI 髙田統行 #021018
Read moreThis is a mumei katana from the Koto period. It has been attributed to the smith, Muneyuki, who was from…
NIDAI MURAMASA 二代村正 #FMW0033
Read moreIt is a rare pleasure to be able to offer for sale a sword by such a famous (or infamous)…
A POWERFUL KATANA BY YAMAURA YOSHINOBU #110217
Read moreThis is a very interesting and rare katana by the Shinshintô smith, Yoshinobu. Yoshinobu was a smith from Shinano province…
A BEAUTIFUL SAIGA KABUTO #000522
Read moreI am pleased to present this very nice russet iron Saiga kabuto. It is from the Edo period of the…
BEAUTIFUL KOSHIRAE #080217
Read moreThis is a very nice and attractive katana koshirae. The saya is lacquered a deep and rich black. The tsuba…
MOUNTED KATANA BY MINO KANENORI 兼法 #110817
Read moreThis is a very fine katana by the Koto Mino smith, Kanenori. There were three generations of smiths who signed…
KATANA BY TOMOTSUGU 友次 #120217
Read moreThis is a very strong katana by the Etchu smith, Tomotsugu. He was from the Uda school and he worked…
BEAUTIFULLY MOUNTED GIFT SAME (Ray Skin) #110617
Read moreIt was a custom during the Edo era to give gifts of especially beautiful sword same to high ranking officials,…
KABUTO SIGNED YOSHIMICHI 義道 #100217
Read moreThis is an exquisite eight plate russet iron helmet bowl that is signed Yoshimichi (義道). The shape of the plates…
KABUTO SIGNED SAOTOME IEHISA 早乙女家久 #100117
Read moreThis is a very well made suji kabuto comprised of 62 individual iron plates that have been welded together. The…
TWO KINKO TANTÔ TSUBA #080417
Read moreThis is a package deal of two very nice tantô tsuba. Both are soft metal. The dragon tsuba is carved…
KYÔ SUKASHII TSUBA 京透鐔 #000519
Read moreThis is an iron tsuba from the Kyô-Sukashi school. It dates to the Edo period (18th century). It has a…
SIGNED NARA TSUBA 奈良鐔 #032915
Read moreThis is a very pleasing signed iron tsuba from the Nara school. It is signed simply Nara Saku. It is…
KYÔ SUKASHII TSUBA 京透鐔 #032815
Read moreThis a very good quality iron tsuba of the Kyô-sukashi school. It is very delicately carved in the form of…
AKITA SHOAMI TSUBA 秋田正阿弥鐔 #000518
Read moreThis is a lovely Shinchû 真鍮 (brass) tsuba. It measures 6.9 cm or 2.7 inches by 6.3 cm or 2.5…
AKASAKA TSUBA 赤坂鐔 #000516
Read moreThis is an interesting iron tsuba of the Akasaka School. It is almost round measuring 7.0 cm or 2.78 inches…
Superb Yagyu tsuba for sale #000520
Read moreThis is a wonderful example of a sukashi iron tsuba from the Yagyu school. It is an eight sided tsuba…
THE ART OF THE SAMURAI #120509
Read moreThis extensively illustrated volume is published in conjunction with the most comprehensive exhibition devoted to the arts of the samurai…
NIPPONTO ART SWORDS OF JAPAN
Read moreThis is the large book that was published in 1976 comemorating an exhibit of some of the finest swords from…
TOSOGU GOKECHO MEIHIN SHUSEI
Read moreThis beautiful book by Fukushi Shigeo was published in 2001 and presents the works of the seventeen generations of Goto…
NIHON MEITO ZUIKAN #020213
Read moreThis book is the joint effort of two of the greatest sword teachers of the 20th century, Sato Kanzan and…
NIHON TOKO JITEN by FUJISHIRO & ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY HARRY WATSON
Read moreThis is a complete set (four volumes) of one of the standard reference books that collectors refer to as "Fujishiro's".…
A FINE MID-EDO PERIOD KABUTO #000485
Read moreI am pleased to present this very fine Katajiro Fukurin Suji Kabuto from the middle of the Edo era (ca…
A FINE SUIT OF MID-EDO PERIOD RUSSET IRON ARMOR #000512
Read moreThis is a very nice suit of armor from the middle Edo period. The helmet is an unsigned 32 plate…
DAIMYO JUYO TACHI KOSHIRAE #080615
Read moreI am pleased to present this gorgeous Itomaki no Tachi koshirae that belonged to the famous Mori Daimyo family. This…
KATANA KOSHIRAE #000474
Read moreThis is a katana koshirae that is somewhat refined and quiet. The fuchi and kashira are both of iron with…
TACHI KOSHIRAE #000503
Read moreThis is a very nice tachi koshirae in excellent condition. The cutting edge of the tsunagi is 27 7/16 inches…
NICE KATANA KOSHIRAE #020116
Read moreThis is a very nice katana koshirae. The theme of the fittings is bamboo and water plants. The tsunagi measures…
ITOMAKI NO TACHI KOSHIRAE FROM THE ASHIKAGA FAMILY #072314
Read moreThis beautiful koshirae has been attributed to the artist, Sano Tokinobu who was born in 1827 and he died in…
UNUSUAL WARIBASHI KOGAI #040515
Read morePeople who know me, know that I am attracted to the rare and unusual. This waribashi kogai certainly fits that…
KOZUKA BY HAMANO MORIYUKI #021214
Read moreThis is a very nice kozuka by the Hamano artist Moriyuki. He worked in Edo around 1800-1825. His art name…
KOZUKA BY GOTO MITSUYOSHI #041014
Read moreThis is a very nice kozuka by Goto Mitsuyoshi. Goto Mitsuyoshi, also known as Shinjo, was the fifteenth mainline master…
KAGA GOTO KOZUKA #110416
Read moreThis is a very nice kozuka that has been attributed to the Kaga Goto school. It is a superb example…
UNUSUAL KAGA GOTO KOZUKA #111514
Read moreThis is a very interesting and unusual Kaga Goto kozuka. It is done in shakudo nanako with a dragon done…
INTERESTING LARGE MENUKI #022114
Read moreThis is an interesting pair of menuki made of a combination of shakudo and shibuichi. They are in the form…
IWAMI SCHOOL MENUKI #030814
Read moreThis is a very pleasing pair of menuki from the Iwami school. One of the menuki is a clam shell…
KO-KINKO MENUKI #010510
Read moreThis is a nice pair of dark shakudo and gold menuki. They look to be from the ko-kinko school.
CUCUMBER KYO-KINKO MENUKI #110315
Read moreThis is a very attractive pair of shakudo menuki with gold highlights. They depict a pair of Japanese cucumbers. These…
SOLID GOLD MENUKI BY SADANAKA #101513
Read moreThis is an exquisite pair of solid gold menuki by Banryuken Sadanaka. His family name was Iwamoto and he was…
HUGE SOLID GOLD MENUKI BY GOTO RENJO #111116
Read moreThis is an extremely large set of solid gold menuki made by the tenth mainline master of the Goto school.…
LARGE SHAKUDO MENUKI #020214
Read moreThis is a large pair of shakudo and gold menuki carved in the design of two Bijin or Kwannon, one…
OUTSTANDING KO-KINKO MENUKI #020315
Read moreI am pleased to present this pair od very large and outstanding Ko-kinko menuki. These menuki measure 1 7/8 inches…
BEAUTIFUL KAGA KINKO TSUBA #110516
Read moreThis is a very beautiful and large tsuba of the Kaga Kinko school. It measures 3 3/16 inches or 8.1…
UBU KO-KATCHUSHI TSUBA #080116
Read moreThis is a real find. It is an unaltered ko-katchushi tsuba from the Muromachi Era. Most tsuba you find from…
Tsuba |A VERY NICE KODAI YAGYU TSUBA #110209
Read moreThis is a very nice later generation Yagyu tsuba. There design is a well known Yagyu school motif showing a…
BEAUTIFUL “CHRISTIAN” TSUBA #040514
Read moreThis is a very fine example of what is commonly called a "Christian tsuba". It is an iron tsuba made…
BEAUTIFUL IRON DAISHO OF TSUBA #040315
Read moreThis is a very nice daisho of tsuba attributed to the Owari Kinko school by the NTHK. The iron plates…
KYO-SUKASHI TSUBA #000393
Read moreA very nice Kyo-sukashi tsuba. 3 3/16 inches by 3 1/16 inch. The design is that of Sakura hana or…
YAGYU TSUBA #000470
Read moreThis is a nice later generation Yagyu tsuba. It depicts one of the more popular designs, that of waves. It…
KYO-SHOAMI TSUBA #000390
Read moreThis is a large tsuba from the Kyo-Shoami school. It is carved in a very delicate yet strong design.
YAGYU TSUBA #000467
Read moreThis is a nice later generation Yagyu tsuba. It depicts one of the more popular designs, that of a sailing…
SHOAMI TSUBA #000394
Read moreThis is a very nice Shoami tsuba with an excellent dark patina. The design is of a bird in a…
HAYASHI TSUBA #000462
Read moreThis is a very fine iron tsuba attributed to the later Hayashi school of Higo. It has an irregular mimi…
A HIGO KAMIYOSHI TSUBA #021912
Read moreThis is a very nice iron tsuba that I would attribute to the Kamiyoshi school of Higo Province. It is…
HIGO KAMIYOSHI TSUBA #000460
Read moreThis is a nice iron sukashi tsuba of the Kamiyoshi school in Higo. It measures 2 15/16 inches or 7.5…
AN ATTRACTIVE HIGO TSUBA #020912
Read moreThis is a very attractive Higo iron tsuba. It is carved in the form of a stylized pine tree with…
A KYO-SHOAMI TSUBA #021412
Read moreThis is a very nice Kyo-Shoami iron tsuba. It measures 7.9 cm by 7.8 cm or 3 1/8 inches by…
NICE TANTO TSUBA #00F200
Read moreThis is a very nice tanto tsuba of iron with golden dragons floating among the clouds. It measures 2.5 inches…
BAMBOO AND SNOW FLAKE IRON TSUBA #111712
Read moreThis is a very nice tsuba with some great workmanship, The iron plate is tapered on the obverse creating a…
SHOAMI TSUBA #000466
Read moreThis is a large iron tsuba of the Shoami school. It measures 3 1/8 inches or 8 cm. round. The…
NICE SHOAMI TSUBA #111612
Read moreThis is a very nice and large tsuba of the Shoami school. It dates to the middle Edo period, i.e.…
INTERESTING IRON TSUBA #111414
Read moreThis is a very interesting and unusual iron sukashi tsuba. I call it my "tsuba" tsuba.
NAKAGAMI SCHOOL TSUBA #040715
Read moreThis is a very nice irron and soft metal tsuba that has been attributed to the Nakagami school by the…
NICE SHOAMI TSUBA #000465
Read moreThis is a very pleasing iron tsuba of the Shoami school. It measures 2 13/16 inches or 7.2 cm by…
VERY NICE KANEIYE SCHOOL TSUBA #101712
Read moreThis is a great tsuba from the Kaneiye school. The iron plate is well worked and carved with two sailing…
PLEASING SUKASHI TSUBA #000459
Read moreThis is a very nice sukashi iron tsuba that has been attributed to the Shoami school. It is a plant…
BIZEN KANEMITSU TANTÔ 備前兼光 #110214
Read moreI am pleased to offer this beautiful tantô by the famous Bizen Osafune smith, O-Kanemitsu. It passed Jûyô Tôken in…
JUYO TANTO BY RAI KUNIMITSU 来国光 #110114
Read moreRai Kunimitsu(来国光) is conventionally understood to have been the son or student of Rai Kunitoshi (来国俊). He worked from the…
OUTSTANDING TANTÔ BY SÔSHÛ YUKIMITSU 相州行光 #071614
Read moreI am very pleased to present this fine tanto by the Soshu master, Yukimitsu. It measures 9 5/8 inches or…
JUYO TOKEN WAKIZASHI BY SHIKIBU NO JO NOBUKUNI 式部氶信国 #110514
Read moreThe first generation Nobukuni was from Yamashiro Province. He was the son of Ryokai Hisanobu and he is thought to…
A SIGNED AND DATED WAKIZASHI BY YOSHIOKA ICHIMONJI SUKEHIDE 吉岡一文字助秀 #010217
Read moreI am extremely happy and proud to present this very rare and important wakizashi. Not only is it one of…
JÛYÔ TANTÔ BY BIZEN KAGEMITSU 備前景光 #110112
Read moreBizen Kagemitsu was the son of Bizen Nagamitsu who was, in turn, the son of the founder of the Bizen…
TANTÔ BY SENGO MASASHIGE 千子正重 #010415
Read moreI am very pleased to present this fine tanto by the Sengo smith, Masashige. Masashige was the leading student of…
MOUNTED KATANA BY THE EDO SANDAI YASUTSUGU 三代康継 #080515
Read moreEdo Sandai (third generation) Yasutsugu, the oldest son of the Nidai was called Umanosuke, later he was called Ichinojo. Though…
BEAUTIFUL WAKIZASHI BY THE THIRD GENERATION TSUNAHIRO 三代綱廣 #100116
Read moreThe third generation of smiths who went by the art name of Tsunahiro belonged to what is known as the…
WAKIZASHI BY MUNEHIRO (SOKAN) 宗廣 #000473
Read moreThis is a fine wakizashi by one of the top smiths of the Shinshinto Era, Teiryusai Munehiro also known as…
BEAUTIFUL TANTO BY AIZU KANESADA WITH SUPERB KOSHIRAE 会津兼定 #110116
Read moreThis is a lovely tanto from the late Edo era that is unsigned and has been attributed to the well…
BEAUTIFUL KATANA BY NIDAI KANEMICHI 二代兼道 #000506
Read moreThis is a beautiful katana by the second generation Tango no Kami Kanemichi. His work is in ths style of…
MOUNTED KATANA BY WAKASA FUYUHIRO 冬廣 #000507
Read moreThis is an interesting katana probably by the fourth generation Fuyuhiro. The Fuyuhiro line of smiths started from the Soshu…
KATANA BY GASSAN SADAHIDE 月山貞秀 #060217
Read moreThis blade is a beautiful katana by Gassan Sadahide. Sadahide was a student of Gassan Sadayoshi and a contemporary of…
