Gorgeous  Sentoku Tsuba signed Toshinaga Saku – 利長作 High quality work depicting copper birds with some small gold inlays (eyes) flying over a raging sea. Musashi province – Mid Edo  ~ 1760 Nara school. Toshinaga was a student of renowned craftsmen as Nara Masanaga, Yoshishige, etc… Kinko Meikan rank = […]

Copper Menuki signed Nara Toshiharu – 奈良利春 Echizen province – Late EDO (ca. 1750) Nara school. Student of Nara Toshinaga Dimensions = 3,9 cm Sold

Iron Tsuba signed Bushu ju MASAFUSA – 武州住正房 The design depicts war ornaments (Saihai, Taiko was drum…) Edo province – Mid EDO period (ca. 1700) Ito school Kinko Meikan rank : Ryoko Dimensions = 7,1 x 6,9 cm SOLD

Sengo hira zukuri Katana

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 […]

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 […]

Iron Tsuba surrounded by a silver Fukurin (rim), signed Seiryuken Eiju w/Kao – 成龍軒榮壽 印　成榮 Graded artist, simple but very well made, excellent patina and good quality iron. Mid/late Edo. Tetsugendo school. Seiryuken Eiju, also called Hamano Norishige was a direct student of the great Tetsugendo Naoshige. Kinko Meikan rating […]

These openwork patterns of this iron Tsuba are Tomoe Mon (japanese arms). The Tomoe is an ancient heraldic symbol of Japan shaped Magatama. On this Tsuba we can see Mitsu Tomoe formed three magatama spiral. In Japanese mythology, Tomoe represents the weapons of Daimyojin Hachiman, the Shinto god of war […]

Beautiful iron Tsuba signed Choshu Hagi no ju Kawaji saku – 長州萩住河治作 (Made by a resident of  Hagi in the province of Choshu, Kawaji) Kawaji family was one of the most prestigious schools in the province of Choshu. Edo period (1603 – 1868) Maru-gata shape (round) and Sukashi (openworked) Dimensions […]

Shakudo kinko menuki depicting a samurai and a fisherman. Edo period SOLD