ISHIDÔ MITSUHIRA WITH GOLD INLAY CUTTING TEST 石堂光平 070222
Read moreThe Ishidô (石堂) school originated at the Sekido Temple in Ômi Province around the Kanei period (1624). From there the…
KATANA BY BIZEN KATSUMITSU AND BIZEN MUNEMITSU (勝光&宗光) 070322
Read moreThe first generation Bizen Osafune Katsumitsu was active around Ōei (応永,1394–1428) and his lineage continued to exist until the late Muromachi…
NIDAI MURAMASA 二代村正 070122
Read moreIt is a pleasure to be able to offer for sale this tantô by the famous (or infamous) smith, the…
Articles |THE NAKAI KOSHIRAE
Read moreIn the middle of the 19th century (1851), a man named Nakai Genzaemon ordered the custom fabrication of a koshirae…
NIDAI KAWACHI NO KAMI KUNISUKE 二代河内守国助 050322
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…
A BEAUTIFUL OSHÛ NOMURA SCHOOL TSUBA 江州野村派 100121
Read moreThis is a an absolutely outstanding shakudo tsuba of the Nomura school from Ôshû Province in central Honshû. It is…
BEAUTIFUL SHOAMI TSUBA (正阿弥) 051522
Read moreThis is a lovely and artistic Edo period tsuba from the Shoami school. It depicts seabirds in mid-flight with two…
TSUBA BY SÔHEISHI KITAGAWA SÔTEN 藻柄⼦喜多河⼊道宗典 051622
Read moreThis is something rarely offered for sale. A tsuba by the first generation Sôheishi Sôten, the founder of the very…
IRON DRAGON SUKASHI TSUBA 060222
Read moreThis is a pleasing iron tsuba with a dragon carved in openwork. It measures 3 inches by 2 ¾ inches. …
OUTSTANDING AND RARE SHAKUDO CHÔSHÛ TSUBA 長州萩住清高作 020822
Read moreThis is an amazing tsuba. I have seen many fine Chôshû tsuba over the years, but one carved in shakudo…
KATANA BY CHIKUZEN NOBUKUNI YOSHIKANE 筑前信國 吉包 020422
Read moreNihonto.com is pleased to present the katana by Chikuzen Nobukuni Yoshikane (筑前信國吉包). Yoshikane was is son of Chikuzen Nobukuni Yoshitsugu…
TANGO (no) KAMI KANEMICHI 丹後守兼道 020522
Read moreThis is a lovely katana by the second generation (Nidai) Tango no Kami Kanemichi of the Mishina school. This smith…
FUTATOKOROMONO BY GOTÔ TEIJÔ 後藤程乗020322
Read moreGotô Teijô (1603-1673), was the second son of Kenjô, the seventh Shirobei mainline master. His real name was Genichirô, which…
SÔTEN TSUBA DAISHO BY YOSHITOMO 喜知 020922
Read moreThis is a very impressive and large daisho set of Sôten tsuba by Yoshitomo. Yoshitomo worked around 1700-1750. He was…
NIDAI DEWA DAIJÔ KUNIMICHI 出羽大掾国路020622
Read moreThis is an excellent katana by the second generation (Nidai) Dewa Daijô Kunimichi (出羽大掾国路) of the Horikawa Kunihiro (堀川国広) school. …
JÛYÔ MITOKOROMONO BY GOTÔ ETSUJÔ 後藤悦乗
Read moreEtsujō (悦乗) was born in the 19th year of Kanei (1642) as second son of the 9th Gotō main line…
GENBEINOJÔ SUKESADA 源兵尉尉佐定 010322
Read moreWith the onset of the Onin War in Kyoto (1467-1477) and the breakdown of the Ashikaga Shogunate system, the Sengoku…
KATANA IN KOSHIRAE BY TOSHINAGA WITH CUTTING TEST 歳長 030322
Read moreI am pleased to present this beautiful katana by the Shintô smith, Toshinaga (歳長). Toshinaga was originally from the city…
A BEAUTIFUL SENJUIN SCHOOL TACHI千手院系 030222
Read moreThe province of Yamato (大和) was the center of Japanese culture during the Nara (奈良) period before the capital was…
YOSHIOKA SCHOOL KOZUKA 020122
Read moreThis is a beautifully executed kozuka from the Yoshioka school. It measures 9.65 cm or slightly more than 3 ¾…
