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A fine Bizen Yukikage wakizashi with a deep sori and slender, graceful sugata that resembles a kodachi. Tokubetsu Hozon and published in the famous Fujishiro... Read More

MOTOHIRA (元平), 1st gen., Kansei (寛政, 1789-1801), Satsuma – “Satsuyō-shi Motohira” (薩陽士元平), “Satsufu-bushin Mizukami-jū Oku-shi Motohira (薩府武臣水上住奥氏元平, “Motohira from the Oku family, resident of Mizukami,... Read More

Matsuyama Nagakuni katana with cutting test inscription. 刀銘 予州松山住長国 (切付銘) 明和六丑年九月五日 長坂勝英次胴切图 — Yoshū Matsuyama-jū Nagakuni (kiritsuke-mei) – Nagakuni, residing in Matsuyama, Iyo Province (Yoshū)... Read More

This mumei wakizashi has been attributed by the NBTHK to Sōshū Masahiro and is accompanied by a current NBTHK Hozon kanteisho. The blade is from... Read More

Kawabe Suishinshi Fujiwara Masatsugu – (kao) Koka ni nen hachi hatsu hi Horimono Honjo (no) Suke Yoshitane Price: $30k + shipping SOLD This exceptional katana... Read More

Yamashiro-den Tachi by Rai Kunizane (Shōwa 1312–1317) – NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon This is an exceptional Yamashiro-den tachi is by Rai Kunizane, dating to the Shōwa... Read More

MORIMOTO (守元), 1st gen., Jōji (貞治, 1362-1368), Bizen – “Bishū Osafune Morimoto” (備州長船守元), student of Kanemitsu (兼光), he works in the style of his master... Read More

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