HIZEN TADAKUNI WAKIZASHI 肥前忠國 060121
Read moreThe first generation Tadakuni’s real name was Hashimoto Rokuzaemon (橋本六左衛⾨) and he was born in Keichō three (慶⻑,1598) as second…
SOLID GOLD KO-KINKÔ MENUKI 古金工 目貫050221
Read moreThis is an outstanding and unusual pair of solid gold menuki of the Ko-kinko school. They date to the latter…
Armor |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 riveted together. This helmet…
EXCELLENT KYO-SUKASHI TSUBA 京透かし鐔 070521
Read moreI am pleased to present this fine example of a Kyo-sukashi iron tsuba. This tsuba has been delicately carved in…
KATANA BY BIZEN KATSUMITSU AND BIZEN MUNEMITSU 備前勝光宗光 050321
Read moreThe first generation Bizen Osafune Katsumitsu was active around Ōei (応永, 1394–1428) and his lineage continued to exist until the…
ECHIZEN NO KAMI FUJIWARA TAMETSUGU 越前国藤原為継 050521
Read moreTametsugu (為継) worked in the beginning of the Nanbokuchô era around 1315 to 1380 and was originally from Echizen Province…
LARGE SAOTOME SCHOOL TSUBA 早乙女鍔 050421
Read moreWe are pleased to offer this very large and beautiful Saotome school tsuba. The Saotome school is one of the…
TOKUBETSU JÛYÔ TACHI BY BIZEN KAGEMITSU 備前景光
Read moreBizen Kagemitsu (備前景光) was the son of Bizen Nagamitsu (備前長光)who was, in turn, the son of the founder of the…
A KATANA BY GODAI TADAYOSHI 五代忠吉 070220
Read moreGodai Tadayoshi (五代忠吉), the fifth generation Tadayoshi, was born in 1696. He was the son of the Omi Daijo Tadayoshi…
Events |2021 DAI TOKEN ICHI, TÔKYÔ, JAPAN
Read moreThe 2021 DAI TOKEN ICHI (Great Sword Show) will be held in Tôkyô on November 19th, 20th, and 21st 2021.
Events |31st Annual San Francisco Sword Show and Shinsa
Read moreOn August 6th, August 7th, and 8th of 2021, the Northern California Japanese Sword Club will host its 31st annual…
A DAISHO OF SWORDS BY DEWA-DAIJÔ KUNIMICHI 出羽大掾國路 #070120
Read moreWhile it is firmly established in many reference books that Kunimichi(國路) was a student of Horikawa Kunihiro (堀川國廣), no records…
AN EXTREMELY UNUSUAL SET OF JÛYÔ KODÔGU BY MIYAMOTO MUSASHI
Read moreMiyamoto Musashi (1584-1645) whose art name was Niten, achieved great fame as a master swordsman. In the seventeenth year of…
Articles |DEWA-DAIJÔ KUNIMICHI 出羽大掾國路
Read moreWhile it is firmly established in many reference books that Kunimichi(國路) was a student of Horikawa Kunihiro (堀川國廣), no records…
EXTREMELY RARE SET OF BOOKS ON YANONE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH 080120
Read moreThis is a rare five volume hardbound set of books in English exclusively covering Japanese Arrowheads. In the past, arrowheads…
Articles |MUTSU NO KAMI TACHIBANA TAMEYASU & THE ISHIDÔ SCHOOL 陸奥守橘為廉 & 石堂系
Read moreThe Ishidô (石堂) school originated at the Sekido Temple in Ômi Province around the Kanei period (1624). From there the…
Articles |NIHONTÔ, THE JAPANESE SWORD, A SHORT HISTORY.
Read moreMost experts agree that the first forged steel swords came to Japan in the same way as many other cultural…
Articles |ABOUT THE CHARACTERISTICS AND RULES OF KINZÔGAN-SETSUDAN-MEI WITH A FOCUS ON THE YAMANO FAMILY
Read moreA variety of different information can be transmitted via gold inlays on sword tangs, the so-called "kinzôgan-mei" (金象嵌銘). For example,…
Articles |THE KO-BIZEN SCHOOL 古備前系
Read moreThe Bizen Province, since ancient times, produced many fine swordsmiths who worked throughout all the periods of sword history from…
Articles |NIDAI KAWACHI NO KAMI KUNISUKE 二代河内守国助
Read moreThe second generation Kawachi no Kami Kunisuke (河内守国助) is popularly known as Naka-Kawachi (中河内). The word, “naka”, in Japanese means…
JÛYÔ TSUBA BY HIRATA HIKOZÔ 平田彦三 080819
Read moreNihonto.com is extremely proud to offer this top quality example of one of the most famous of the Higo tsubako,…
