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…
OUTSTANDING JÛYÔ TÔKEN BIZEN ICHIMONJI KATANA 一文字 #051018
Read moreThe Ichimonji School (一文字)in Bizen Province was a large school that was founded in the beginning of the Kamakura period…
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…
TINY ABUMI FOR A TINY SAMURAI
Read moreOne of the latest additions to my collection of unusual things (mezurashii mono) are these two tiny stirrups (abumi). They…
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…
I “SAW” THIS SOMEWHERE…
Read moreThis is a very unusual 0-kozuka. It was made by the sword smith, Shigenobu of Tamba. Shigenobu worked around the…
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…
EARLY KO-KINKO TSUBA 古金工鐔 #050118
Read moreThis is a splendid example of epitome of tsuba art from the early Muromachi Era (early 1400’s). It has been…
Articles |Sword Prices, Origami, and Samurai Income by Markus Sesko
Read moreTo understand the financial situation of a samurai during the Edo period, we first have to go into the contemporary…
