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This refined Edo period set of menuki is executed in solid gold and depicts a matched pair of shishi rendered in animated yet... Read More

This exceptional set of menuki represents the highest level of Edo period metalwork and is a quintessential example of Goto workmanship in solid... Read More

This exceptional Edo period set of menuki is executed in solid gold and depicts the powerful paired motif of dragon and tiger, a... Read More

This is a very beautiful Nanbokucho period katana from the Etchu (no) kuni Ko-Uda group. With Edo period Higo koshirae, having a finely... Read More

NAOE SHIZU Aside from Sadamune, I believe Shizu, Samonji, and this Go [Yoshihiro] should form the top three among the ten [of Masamune’s... Read More

SANENORI (真則), Bunna (文和, 1352-1356), Bizen – “Bizen no Kuni Yoshii-jū Sanenori” (備前国吉井住真則), “Bizen no Kuni Yoshii-jūnin Sanenori” (備前国吉井住人真則), Yoshii school, according to... Read More

Niji Kunitoshi Juyo Token Yamashiro tradition from the Rai school Ca. shoo era -1288 Kamakura nagasa:67.5 cm, 26 5/8 inches, Katana, Shinogizukuri, chu... Read More

Shikkake Norinaga Juyo Token Late Kamakura period Nagasa: Katana 65.75 cm ( 25 7/8 “) Shinogi- zukuri,Ihore-mune – with extented chu -kissaki Jihada... Read More

KANENAGA (兼長), Jōji (貞治, 1362-1368), Bizen – “Bishū Osafune-jū Kanenaga” (備州長船住兼長), according to tradition the son of Nagashige (長重), another tradition says that... Read More