Katana O suriage attributed by a NBTHK certicate to Hideyo Hyoshinshi – 水心子秀世 Shinshinto Kaei 1848 Musashi province. Hideyo, also called Tamura Gunpei, was the student and son-in-law of the great Suishinshi Masahide considered the founder of the movement Shinshinto. The particular and rare shape of this blade is called […]
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Rare Koto Katana attributed to Sengo school of the Ise province. 千子 Complete and following mount. Mumei Suriage blade attributed to Sengo school by a NBTHK Hozon certificate. This one is a bit tired due to several successive polishing but all features are present and even admirable. Itame Jihada, Hamon […]
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Wakizashi Koto with superb finely carved horimono. Mounted in shirasaya with habaki in silver. Muromachi period (1336 – 1573) Mumei O suriage (shortened), no papers. The bonji is « Benzaiten ». Benzaiten is a japanese buddhist goddess of knowledge, art and beauty, eloquence, music, literature, arts and science, virtue and wisdom, prosperity […]
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Katana signed Awataguchi Omi no Kami Tadatsuna – 栗田口近江守忠綱 Nidai Tadatsuna (2nd generation) Shinto – Genroku 1688 – Settsu Ko Itame Jigane, chôji midare hamon, ko-maru Bôshi. With a nice activity of the Hamon where we can see ji nie, bright nioiguchi, kinsuji, sunagashi… Ikkanshi school. Koshirae and shirasaya. Tsuba […]
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Big Katana signed Awataguchi Omi no Kami Tadatsuna - 栗田口近江守忠綱 Shinto – Manji 1658 – Settsu Ikkanshi school Gorgeous blade of over 76 cm nagasa, which is especially large for a katana. Ubu (not shortened) and signed. Very beautiful hamon in midare chôji typical of the Ikkanshi school, with long sunagashi, […]
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Wakizashi signed Hizen Kuni TADAYOSHI – 肥前国忠吉 Rare and sought after by collectors. Old polish but very acceptable, absolutely no flaws, with a strong and harmonious shape typically of Hizen blades. Yondai Tadayoshi 4-Dai (4th génération). He is the son of Mutsu no Kami, was called Hashimoto Gensuke, and later […]
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Wakizashi signé Harima no Kami Fujiwara TADAKUNI – 播磨守藤原忠国 2nd generation (Nidai) Shinto – Enpo 1673 – Hizen Tadayoshi school NBTHK Hozon certificate Fujishiro ranking : Josaku Toko Taikan : 3,000,000 Yen Hawley’s : 70 points Dimensions : Nagasa = 56 cm Motohaba = 2,9 cm Sori = 1,5 cm Kasane […]
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