Bizen Saburo Kunimune naginatanaoshi katana
Osafune Saburo Kunimune period Middle Kamakura (ca. 1270) designation NBTHK... Read More
Hasebe Kunishige tanto
Article from Darcy Brockbank – The Soshu tradition starts with... Read More
Yamato Shikkake wakizashi
Superb early Nanbokucho Yamato Shikkake wakizashi circa 1340s with strong... Read More
Nagakuni yari
NAGAKUNI (永国), 1st gen., Kanbun (寛文, 1661-1673), Musashi/Higo – “Heianjō-jū... Read More
Heianjo Nagayoshi yari
NAGAYOSHI (長吉), Eishō (永正, 1504-1521), Yamashiro – “Heianjō Nagayoshi saku”... Read More
Fukuoka Ichimonji kodachi
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),... Read More
Katayama Ichimonji katana
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... Read More
Early Kamakura Awataguchi Kuniyasu
Awataguchi from Yamashiro Province [This blade has an] ubu-nakago and... Read More
