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Osafune Saburo Kunimune period Middle Kamakura (ca. 1270) designation NBTHK Juyo Token nakago o-suriage, one mekugiana mei Honmei Kunimune shikarishikōshite Sukesada wa kore o suriageru nari (bore originally a signature of Kunimune but... Read More

Article from Darcy Brockbank – The Soshu tradition starts with a tanto made by Shintogo Kunimitsu, famous now as the Midare Shintogo. It is otherwise in Yamashiro Awataguchi style, except for a beautiful... Read More

Superb early Nanbokucho Yamato Shikkake wakizashi circa 1340s with strong feeling of early Norinaga work. The blade has a beautiful flowing itame-hada with thick intertwined chikei and areas of yubashiri, as mentioned by... Read More

NAGAKUNI (永国), 1st gen., Kanbun (寛文, 1661-1673), Musashi/Higo – “Heianjō-jū Nagakuni” (平安城住永国), “Kawachi no Kami Gensei Nagakuni sanjūroku-sai saku” (河内守源姓永国三十六歳作, “made by Kawachi no Kami Nagakuni from the Minamoto clan at the age... Read More

NAGAYOSHI (長吉), Eishō (永正, 1504-1521), Yamashiro – “Heianjō Nagayoshi saku” (平安城長吉作), “Nagayoshi” (長吉), “Sanjō Nagayoshi saku” (三条長吉作), “Heianjō Nagayoshi” (平安城長吉), “Heianjō Nagayoshi Sanshū no Kuni saku” (平安城長吉三州国作), “Yoshinori no ko Nagayoshi saku” (吉則子長吉作,... Read More

Fukuoka Ichimonji Kodachi Tanobe-sensei sayagaki 生茎無銘、小太刀而鎌倉時代中期、福恩一文字也。地刃同派、特色明示、火表傑候。珍-重- Ubu nakago (unaltered tang), unsigned. This is a kodachi from the mid-Kamakura period, attributed to Fukuoka Ichimonji. The jigane and hamon clearly show the characteristics of this school.... Read More