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LOVELY KO-KINKO TSUBA 110319
This is a very attractive Ko-Kinko tsuba from the Muromachi Era. It is slightly oval and measures 2.5 inches or…
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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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BIZEN TACHI BY TSUNEIYE (経家) #050218
At the beginning of the Muromachi (室町)era around the Oei (応永)era (1394) most of the different schools in the Bizen…
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EARLY KO-KINKO TSUBA 古金工鐔 #050118
This is a splendid example of epitome of tsuba art from the early Muromachi Era (early 1400’s). It has been…
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Articles |The Beauty of the Japanese Sword by Michihiro Tanobe 田野邉道宏
Japanese swords are often perceived to be formidable and inaccessible objects that some people find objectionable or even abhorrent and…
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KOTÔ ERA TSUKA 080119
This is a very unusual item. It is a tsuka from a wakizashi that dates to the Kotô era. It…
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Articles |THE UCHIGATANA KOSHIRAE 打刀拵
The term, uchigatana (打刀), is made up of two Japanese words. The word, uchi (打), comes from the verb, utsu,…
