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ISHIDÔ MITSUHIRA WITH GOLD INLAY CUTTING TEST 石堂光平 070222
The Ishidô (石堂) school originated at the Sekido Temple in Ômi Province around the Kanei period (1624). From there the…
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KATANA BY BIZEN KATSUMITSU AND BIZEN MUNEMITSU (勝光&宗光) 070322
The first generation Bizen Osafune Katsumitsu was active around Ōei (応永,1394–1428) and his lineage continued to exist until the late Muromachi…
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NIDAI MURAMASA 二代村正 070122
It is a pleasure to be able to offer for sale this tantô by the famous (or infamous) smith, the…
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Articles |THE NAKAI KOSHIRAE
In the middle of the 19th century (1851), a man named Nakai Genzaemon ordered the custom fabrication of a koshirae…
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NIDAI KAWACHI NO KAMI KUNISUKE 二代河内守国助 050322
The 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…
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KATANA BY CHIKUZEN NOBUKUNI YOSHIKANE 筑前信國 吉包 020422
Nihonto.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…
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TANGO (no) KAMI KANEMICHI 丹後守兼道 020522
This is a lovely katana by the second generation (Nidai) Tango no Kami Kanemichi of the Mishina school. This smith…
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SÔTEN TSUBA DAISHO BY YOSHITOMO 喜知 020922
This is a very impressive and large daisho set of Sôten tsuba by Yoshitomo. Yoshitomo worked around 1700-1750. He was…
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NIDAI DEWA DAIJÔ KUNIMICHI 出羽大掾国路020622
This 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. …
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KATANA IN KOSHIRAE BY TOSHINAGA WITH CUTTING TEST 歳長 030322
I am pleased to present this beautiful katana by the Shintô smith, Toshinaga (歳長). Toshinaga was originally from the city…
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A BEAUTIFUL SENJUIN SCHOOL TACHI千手院系 030222
The province of Yamato (大和) was the center of Japanese culture during the Nara (奈良) period before the capital was…
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GENBEINOJÔ SUKESADA 源兵尉尉佐定 010322
With the onset of the Onin War in Kyoto (1467-1477) and the breakdown of the Ashikaga Shogunate system, the Sengoku…
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YOSHIOKA SCHOOL KOZUKA 020122
This is a beautifully executed kozuka from the Yoshioka school. It measures 9.65 cm or slightly more than 3 ¾…
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TOKUBETSU JÛYÔ TÔKEN KATANA BY BITCHÛ AOE YOSHITSUGU備中青江吉次 000042
To properly understand the foundation and beginnings of the Bitchû Aoe School (備中青江) we must first study geography and history. …
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YAMATO NO KAMI YOSHIMICHI KATANA (大和守吉道 ) AND BINGO MIHARA WAKIZASHI (備後三原) MOUNTED IN BEAUTIFUL DAISHO KOSHIRAE 110421
This is an outstanding daisho of beautiful blades and top quality koshirae that belonged to a high ranking Samurai during…
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KOTO TANTÔ BY MASATSUGU 正次 110521
This is an interesting tantô from the Muromachi era of the sixteenth century. It is signed with the two character…
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KATANA BY TAJIMA KAMI HÔJÔJI TACHIBANA SADAKUNI 但馬守法城寺橘貞国 080521
Tajima Kami Hôjôji Tachibana Sadakuni (但馬守法城寺橘貞国) is a Jôsaku rated smith who worked in Musashi (Edo) around 1658 (Manji Period). …
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JÛYÔ TÔKEN KATANA BY BIZEN MASAMITSU 備前政光 050121
Bizen Masamitsu (備前政光) was a student of the famous Bizen Kanemitsu (備前兼光) also known as O Kanemitsu (大兼光). Masamitsu (政光)…
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JÛYÔ TÔKEN YAMATO SHIKKAKE KATANA 大和尻懸 090421
The founder of the Shikkake (尻懸) School is traditionally said to have been Norihiro (則弘) who lived around the end…
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KATANA BY SUISHINSHI MASAHIDE (水心子正秀) 060321
Masahide’s real name was Kawabe Gihachirô. He was born in the third year of Kan-en (1750) in Dewa Province on…
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JÛYÔ TÔKEN TEGAI KATANA 大和手搔 090521
The Yamato Tegai (大和手搔) School got its name from the fact that its workshop was built in front of the…
