KATANA BY TSUKAMOTO OKIMASA 塚本起正 111119
Read moreOkimasa was born on November 13 in the third year of Taisho (1914) in Koriyama city in Fukushima Prefecture. He…
Articles |Who Made the Tonbo-giri Yari? By Gordon Robson 11/19
Read moreThe Tonbo-giri Yari or the Dragonfly Slicer Lance treasured by Honda Heihachirô Tadakatsu (1548-1610)is signed “Fujiwara Masazane saku” .…
NIDAI MURAMASA 二代村正 110317
Read moreFor hundreds of years the swords of nidai Muramasa (二代村正) have been regarded as swords with evil powers. When we…
AN UNUSUAL AND RARE KAGAMISHI TSUBA 110219
Read moreThis is a large and very unusual Kagamishi (mirror maker) tsuba dating to the Muromachi Era. It measures 3.58 inches…
LOVELY KO-KINKO TSUBA 110319
Read moreThis is a very attractive Ko-Kinko tsuba from the Muromachi Era. It is slightly oval and measures 2.5 inches or…
A JÛYÔ SET OF DAISHO GOTÔ ICHIJÔ KODOGU 後藤一乗 110519
Read moreIchijô was born in Kyôto on the third day of the third month of the third year of Kansei (March…
KAMAKURA BORI TSUBA 鎌倉彫 111019
Read moreThis is a very nice iron tsuba of the Kamakura Bori school. The name of this school refers to the…
KO TOSHO TSUBA 古刀匠110919
Read moreThis is a very fine Ko-Tosho tsuba from the Muromachi era of the 16th century. Ko-Tosho tsuba were made by…
JÛYÔ HIRATA HIKOZÔ TSUBA 平田彦三 110519
Read moreNihonto.com is extremely proud to offer this top quality example of one of the most famous of the Higo tsubako,…
32 PLATE ZABOSHI SUJI KABUTO #071619
Read moreThis is a beautiful kabuto (helmet) comprised of 32 individual plates that have been joined with each plate having thirteen…
FOUR BATTLE YANONE #091019
Read moreHere is a group of four yanone, three of which are signed. These are all battle points.
TWO BATTLE YANONE #090919
Read moreThis is a mid Edo pair of signed yanone, not in polish, no flaws, standard battle points and standard dimensions.
BEAUTIFUL POLISHED YANONE #090719
Read moreThis is an early to mid Edo period polished four sided yanone with a long blade, the nakago is 6.5”…
BEAUTIFUL POLISHED YANONE #090519
Read moreThis yanone is in polish, its signed on two sides of the nakago, and has no flaws. This is an…
LONG BATTLE YANONE #090319
Read moreThis yanone has a long blade and is signed on two sides of the nakago. The blade is clean with…
KOTO ERA KARIMATA YANONE #090219
Read moreThis karimata is from the koto period, it is thin and was meant to be used. The nakago shows great…
LARGE KARIMATA YANONE #090119
Read moreThis is middle to late Edo period large karimata yanone with a piercing. It has an unusual well formed (six…
LARGE KURIMATA SHAPE YANONE 080719
Read moreThis is a large Kurimata shape Yanone. It is unsigned. This piece dates to the early to mid-Edo era.
PRESENTATION JAPANESE YANONE 080619
Read moreThis is a presentation yanone It is unsigned ( mumei) and the theme is cherry blossoms. Please note that several…
KATANA BY NIDAI KUNISUKE WITH CUTTING TEST 二代国助 000533
Read moreI am pleased to present this outstanding katana by the second generation Kunisuke. His father the Shodai Kunisuke was a student…
BIZEN MUNETSUGU KATANA WITH CUTTING TEST 備前宗次 000532
Read moreMunetsugu’s given name was Koyama Sobei and he was born in 1802 in Shirakawa province in Oshu Prefecture. He was…
