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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... Read More

Article from Darcy Brockbank – The Soshu tradition starts with a tanto made by Shintogo Kunimitsu, famous now as the Midare Shintogo. It... 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... 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... 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... 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.... Read More

Massive 79.2cm middle Nanbokucho Bizen Unju katana. This was a huge Enbun / Joji odachi of over 100cm in it’s day. One of... Read More

Katayama-Ichimonji Tanobe-sensei sayagaki 備前國片山一文字大磨無銘也。乱映ノ鮮明二立ツ板目ノ肌合二変化二富ム賑ヤカナ丁子乱ヲ焼キー文字派ノ特色が明示サレ取分一類中ニアリ丁子ノ房が小模様デ匂口締マリ足が細カク稍逆心ヲ帯ビル點ナドラ勘案スレバ同派ニ収斂サレ味ワイ深キ優品也 長弐尺二寸九分余 時在庚子弥生探山識「花押」   Bizen no Kuni Katayama-Ichimonji Ö-suriage mumei nari. Midare-utsuri no senmei ni tatsu no hada-ai ni henka... Read More

Awataguchi from Yamashiro Province [This blade has an] ubu-nakago and is mumei. It is of a slender but gorgeous tachi-sugata that features a... Read More