NIDAI MURAMASA 二代村正 #110317
Read moreIt is a rare pleasure to be able to offer for sale a second tantô by the famous (or infamous)…
BIZEN HATAKEDA SANEMORI 備前畠田真守 000040
Read moreAlthough the Bizen Hatakeda (畠田)school originated and flourished in Hatakeda (畠田), which is adjacent to Osafune (長船) village, it has…
HIRATA HIKOZO JÛYÔ TSUBA 000045
Read moreNihonto.com is extremely proud to offer this top quality example of one of the most famous of the Higo tsubako,…
BEAUTIFUL EDO ERA TSUBA 020119
Read moreThis is a large and well executed Edo kinko tsuba. The iron plate is well made and carved with a…
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…
Articles |BIZEN YOSAZAEMONJÔ SUKESADA 備前与三左衛門尉佐定
Read moreWith the onset of the Onin War in Kyoto (1467-1477) and the breakdown of the Ashikaga Shogunate system, the Sengoku…
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…
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…
Articles |SHINTÔGO KUNITMITSU AND SHINTÔGO KUNIHIRO 新藤五国光と新藤五広
Read moreAccording to one theory, Kunimitsu (国光)is the son of Awtaguchi Kunitsuna(粟田口国綱) who temporarily lived in Kamakura. However, this theory seems…
Events |2019 TAMPA SWORD SHOW AND SHINSA
Read moreThe 2019 Southeast Japanese Sword Show and Auction will be held in Tampa Florida on February 28 - March 3,…
Events |2019 CHICAGO JAPANESE SWORD SHOW
Read moreThe Chicago Area Japanese Collectables and Sword Show will be held on April 26th-28th, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency Woodfield…
Events |2019 DAI TOKEN ICHI, TÔKYÔ, JAPAN
Read moreThe 2019 DAI TOKEN ICHI (Great Sword Show) will be held in Tôkyô on November 1, 2, 3, 2019.
Events |29th Annual San Francisco Sword Show
Read moreOn August 2nd, 3rd, and 4th of 2019, the Northern California Japanese Sword Club will host its 29th annual Token…
A VERY “PUNNY” TANTÔ
Read moreThis little tantô brings with it good fortune for a Samurai. Anyone familiar with Japanese food knows that dashi (fish…
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…
MINI TSUBA MENUKI
Read moreTwo of the greatest tsuba artists of all time are Nobuiye and Kaneiye. Both did outstanding work in iron tsuba…
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…
