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 […]

Iron Dragon style tsuba signed Seiryuken Eiju w/Kao – 成龍軒榮壽 印　成榮 Mid/late Edo. Tetsugendo school. Seiryuken Eiju, also called Hamano Norishige was a direct student of the great Tetsugendo Naoshige. Nagamarugata shaped, decorated in usunikubori and shishiaibori. Dimensions : 7,45 x 7,1 cm Kinko Meikan : A – Ryoko Price […]

Uncommon Kawari Gata iron Tsuba representing a toad. Usu Nikubori work (light relief). The only similar Tsuba I’ve seen to date is that of the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford University United Kingdom. Mid Edo period. Mumei (not signed) Dimensions : 7,1 x 6,8 cm Price = SOLD

Set of horsetail style Menuki Workmanship is excellent, with some inlays of silver and one icrustation of gold at base on both Menuki. Main material is copper. Nara school – Late Edo. Mumei (not signed) Dimensions : Biggest = 8 cm – Smallest = 6,1 cm Price = SOLD

Signed Tsuba Sashu ju YOSHITAKA saku – 佐州住 好古作 Kotoji design (Koto easel). Mid Edo period. Yoshitaka, from Nakahara family, lived in Edo city in the Musashi province. Dimensions : 7,1 x 7,1 cm SOLD

Set of iron japanese salmon design Menuki Edo period. Mumei (unsigned) Rare are the Menuki with this imposing size. This work is fine and high quality, worthy of a master work. Dimensions : 7,5 x 1,3 cm Price = SOLD

Tsuba Kuniyasu Signed KUNIYASU – 国安 Edo Period This oversized Tsuba is simple but nicely forged and was probably made for war. Dimensions : 9,45 x 9,3 cm Kinko Meikan rating : Ryoko Price = SOLD

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]