Japanese Firearms

Japanese Matchlock Tanegashima (AL9784)

$1,495.00

Made circa 1800. 44 caliber with a 42” barrel. Metal has a dark brown patina. Stock is very good with brass inlays. Action works well.

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Japanese Matchlock Tanegashima (AL6017)

$2,500.00

Made circa 1800s. 55 caliber with a 40” barrel. Very fine gun with mixed metal work on the barrel. Stock is very good with brass inlays. This Matchlock is a lot more ornate than you normally fine.

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Japanese Tanegashima Matchlock Musket (J439)

$4,750.00

Japanese Tanegashima matchlock .54 caliber musket. Has a 41½" octagon barrel. Barrel has a plum brown patina. Wood is very good with some age cracks. Stock has gold inlays of geometric decorations throughout. Lock is marker marked. Action functions perfectly, as designed. A very fine example of an ornate Japanese Tanegashima musket.

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Rare Japanese Tanto Pistol (MGJ1416)

$3,250.00

Rare Japanese Tanto Pistol. 17½” Overall length. Barrel is 7½” length. Metal has an overall even gray patina. Action functions perfectly. Both the saya and tsuka are made of wood and looks very similar to a shirasaya. Very nicely made with a kozuka handle permanently attached to the side. Beautiful rare Tanto pistol that was only made for a short time.

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Rare Japanese Tanto Pistol (AH4471)

$3,650.00

Rare Japanese Tanto Pistol. Percussion with folding trigger. Approximately .30 caliber. Barrel length 12 ¼” and overall length 16 ¾”. Saya black and brown lacquer mix in excellent condition. Lacquer silver mekugi with butterflies. The kojiri is iron with clouds in gold highlights. Rare tanto pistol made only for a short time span.

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Rare Tanto Pistol (AH4472)

$5,500.00

Rare Tanto Pistol Pinfire System and Trigger Works Double Action. We have owned only 4 or 5 of these tanto pistols in the last 42 years. We have never seen a double action example and the barrel and frame are floral engraved which we have never seen on a tanto pistol. Caliber is approximately .30 caliber. Barrel length is 7”. Overall length 16 ½”. Saya fittings are floral engraved. Kodzuka...

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Pair of gold Menuki (MGJ356)

$1,995.00

Pair of gold Menuki. Edo period (19th Century). Figures and a stand of pine and bamboo. Tanto signed.

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Ko-gatana signed: Bushu Ju Kane Hisa circa 1688...

$175.00

Ko-gatana signed: Bushu Ju Kane Hisa circa 1688 temper line or hamon visible.

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