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Small Edo-Period Tanegashima Hand Cannon with Aoi-mon and Dragon in Gold Iroe A finely constructed small tanegashima from the Edo period, notable for its compact form and richly decorative treatment. The firearm is... Read More

Osafune Saburo Kunimune Period: Middle Kamakura (ca. 1270) Designation: NBTHK Juyo Token Nakago: o-suriage, one mekugiana Mei: Honmei Kunimune shikarishi kōshite Sukesada wa kore o suriageru nari (bore originally a signature of Kunimune... Read More

Sword Identification Classification: Katana (Mumei / Unsigned) Attribution: Rai Kuniyuki (来国行) Designation: 61st Jūyō Tōken (Important Sword) Date of Designation: October 20, Heisei 27 (2015) Measurements (Hōjō) Length: 68.8 cm Curvature (Sori): 1.7... Read More

UNSHŌ (雲生), 1st gen., Kagen (嘉元, 1303-1306), Bizen – “Bizen no Kuni Ukai-gō-jūnin Unshō saku” (備前国宇甘郷住人雲生作), “Unshō” (雲生), “Bizen no Kuni-jū Unshō” (備前国住雲生), founder of the Un group, he lived in Bizen´s Ukai... Read More

Jūyō Tōken Designation Certificate Designation Number: No. 10199 Mei: Mumei, attributed to Naoe Shizu Measurements: Nagasa: 2 shaku, 3 sun, 8.5 bu (approx. 72.3 cm) Sori: 6 bu (approx. 1.8 cm) Description: Tsukuri-komi:... Read More