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YAMATO TAEMA KATANA 大和当麻 010219
The Taema school (当麻系) is one of the five schools of the Yamato (大和) tradition. The others are the Senjuin…
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EXCELLENT TOCHIBATA TSUBA 040219
This is a very fine example of an iron Tochibata tsuba. This school of tsuba making is a relatively small…
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UNUSUSAL TENBO TSUBA 040119
This is a large and unusual Tenbo tsuba from the mid 1800's. Usually Tenbo iron tsuba are very plain with…
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BIZEN HATAKEDA SANEMORI 備前畠田真守 000040
Although the Bizen Hatakeda (畠田)school originated and flourished in Hatakeda (畠田), which is adjacent to Osafune (長船) village, it has…
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Articles |BIZEN YOSAZAEMONJÔ SUKESADA 備前与三左衛門尉佐定
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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ECHIZEN MASANORI KATANA 越前正則 000528
I am pleased to present this long and powerful katana by the Echizen smith, Masanori. Masanori worked in Echizen Province around…
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SHINSAKUTÔ BY BITCHÛ YASUTSUGU 備中安次 #000530
Nihonto.com is pleased to present the very fine Shinsakutô made by the well-known smith Yasutsugu. Yasutsugu was born in the…
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SHOAMI TSUBA 正阿弥鐔 #010519
This is an attractive iron wakizashi tsuba of the Shoami school. It dates to the middle of the 19thcentury during…
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TANTÔ BY NIDAI BIZEN YOSAZAEMONJÔ SUKESADA 二代 与三左衛門尉佐定 010119
This is a superb tantô by one of the top smiths of the Sue (late) Bizen era of the Muromachi…
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Events |2019 CHICAGO JAPANESE SWORD SHOW
The Chicago Area Japanese Collectables and Sword Show will be held on April 26th-28th, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency Woodfield…
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NIDAI MURAMASA 二代村正 #110317
It is a rare pleasure to be able to offer for sale a second tantô by the famous (or infamous)…
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A VERY “PUNNY” TANTÔ
This little tantô brings with it good fortune for a Samurai. Anyone familiar with Japanese food knows that dashi (fish…
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TACHI BY GENZAEMON no JÔ NOBUKUNI 源左衛門尉信国 020518
The generations of smiths named Nobukuni (信国) that followed the third generation are generally referred to as the Oei Nobukuni…
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MINO KANEFUSA KO-WAKIZASHI (兼房) 000526
This is a kotô ko-wakizashi by the Mino smith Kanefusa. There were several generations of kotô smiths by this name…
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OUTSTANDING JÛYÔ TÔKEN BIZEN ICHIMONJI KATANA 一文字 #051018
The Ichimonji School (一文字)in Bizen Province was a large school that was founded in the beginning of the Kamakura period…
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TACHI BY HIZEN YOSHIFUSA WITH OUTSTANDING TACHI KOSHIRAE (肥前良房)#020318
This is a fine katana by Shodai Hizen (no) Kuni Saga Jû Minamoto Yoshifusa (肥前国佐賀住源良房). He is rated as a…
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KATANA BY ECHIGO YUKIMICHI WITH KOSHIRAE (越後幸道）
This is a very nice katana by the smith Yukimichi. Yukimichi was a smith who worked in Echigo Province around…
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MOUNTED KATANA BY MUNEYUKI (統行)
This is an absolutely beautiful koto katana attributed to the Bungo Takada smith, Muneyuki. Muneyuki was a smith who worked…
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BEAUTIFULLY MOUNTED TANTO BY ARIKOTO 有功
Arikoto was a sword smith from Kyoto who worked around 1848. He was a student of Omori Toshihide and Morioka…
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KATANA BY CHIKUZEN NOBUKUNI YOSHIKANE 筑前信国吉兼 #110417
This is an outstanding katana by the well known Chikuzen smith, Nobukuni Yoshikane. He was called Sukezaemon and was the…
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KATANA BY CHIKUZEN NOBUKUNI YOSHIKANE 筑前信国吉兼
This is a very attractive katana by the well known Chikuzen smith, Nobukuni Yoshikane. He was called Sukezaemon and was…
