Beautiful tsuba signed « Nagato / This was made in anger » – 長門 怒造之 Late Edo period Nagato province In patinated iron, finely chiseled with an unryu dragon crossing a cloud implicitly represented by the tsuba itself. Dimensions : 8,5 x 8 cm Sold

Wakizashi signed Yasunaga Early Edo – Settsu province Osaka-Ishido School Mei / Signature: Omote: Settsu Sumi Yasunaga – 摂 津 住 康 永 Ura: « A day of the eighth month of the tenth year of the Kanbun era (August 1670), Kanoe-inu (year of the dog) – 庚戌 寛 文 十年 […]

Oak wood katana kake with openwork decorations Not available

Full armor bearing the coat of arms of the famous Azai clan Edo period (1603 – 1868) The helmet, in a remarkably well-preserved state, is made of black urushi lacquered iron and of the Hineno Zunari Kabuto type. Its miage-no-shiwa (wrinkles) and uchimayu (eyebrow) decorations in uchidashi (relief) as well […]

Iron tsuba sukashi style with « Sayagata » pattern Early Edo period Dimensions : 70 x 65 cm Not available

Wakizashi signed Echizen Kuni Shimosaka Sadatsugu – 越前国下坂貞次 Sadatsugu Shimosaka Early Edo – Echizen 1624 Shimosaka school Gorgeous ubu and signed blade, large and thick, in perfect condition of preservation and enriched with two parallel Futasuji-bi grooves on each side. Hamon in niedeki gunome midare with ashi giving it a […]

Big Wakizashi signed Tanba no Kami Yoshimichi – 丹波守吉道 / Nanban tetsu wa motte korewa tsukuru – 以南蛮鉄作之 Yoshimichi Osaka Tanba, shodai (1st generation) Mishina (Sanpin) school Early Edo – Settsu 1652 Rare, extravagant hamon in Sudare-ba with tama-ba on each side of the boshi. This temper is typical of […]

Rare and gorgeous Menpo 面 頬 (Japanese war half mask), Reissei style. Early / mid Edo period. Interesting and uncommon facial expression, in natural iron with a very beautiful patina. Red lacquered interior, silver teeth, and mustache made in silver makie (these last two characteristics are rare). Not available

Katana Soshu Tsunahiro – 相州綱広 Koto – Muromachi Period – 1532 Province of Sagami Name of school: Sagami Sue Soshu (« Sue » refers to « Sosho den » production during Muromachi) Niedeki hamon in gunome midare dotted with tobiyaki giving a rather marked hitatsura appearance. Beautiful activity with strong presence of kinsuji, ashi […]

Katana signed “Hizen Kuni Kawachi no Daijo Fujiwara Masahiro” – 肥前国河内大掾藤原正広 Shodai (first generation) Early Edo ~1628 Hizen province School name : Tadayoshi Stunning and exuberant gunome midare hamon on a bright and deep Nioi base dotted with ko nie, ji nie, sunagashi, kinsuji … The Jigane is ko itame […]