Suke Kane Wakisashi (MGJ1414)

Suke Kane Wakisashi (MGJ1414)

Price $1,975.00
Suke Kane Wakisashi This is a finally forged wakizashi that is inscribed Bizen Osafune Ju Yokoyama Suke Kane Saku. On the reverse of the Nakago (tang) is the inscription: Tomonari Go Ju Hachid Mago. This means that the smith is the 58th generation of Tomonari. Actual genealogy across 58 generations cannot be expected, so this is a self-styled continuation of the work left behind by the ancestor...
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Ubu (shortened) Wakizashi...

Ubu (shortened) Wakizashi (J432)

Price $2,250.00
Ubu (shortened) Wakizashi This is an ubu wakizashi inscribed Bishu Ju Nobu Iye Saku. The hamon is a shallow notare (wave pattern) with a mokume (burled wood) grain. Length is 21⅛ (53.6cm) Nobu Iye worked around 1650 during the Shinto period. This flawless blade has great activity and come in old Shirasaya with a silver foil habaki. Refernece Hawley p. 525. This is an “in full polish” Shinto...
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Shinto Yoshi Kuni Tanto...

Shinto Yoshi Kuni Tanto Signed: Chikuco Yoshi...

Price $2,450.00
Shinto Yoshi Kuni Tanto Signed: Chikuco Yoshi Kuni This is a fairly straight, long tanto with a cutting edge (nagasa) of 30.6 cm or 12 1/16”. Yoshi Kuni worked in Chikugo province during the Sho-Ho period (circa 1644 CE). The tang is ubo (uncut) with two holes. This tanto features a spectacular full-temper (hitatshura), which is very uncommon. The habaki is first class two-piece gold. The blade...
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Mumei Koto Katana with...

Mumei Koto Katana with Sayagaki (J422)

Price $3,495.00
Mumei Koto Katana with Sayagaki. A mumei Koto Katana with sayagaki, attributing this blade to Bizen Suke Sada during Te-SHo reign (1573). It has a 26⅜” cutting edge and a choji midare hamon. The hada is itame and the nakago has one hole. The habaki is two piece with gold foil.
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Mumei Koto Katana (J423)

Mumei Koto Katana (J423)

Price $2,950.00
Mumei Koto Katana. This is a late Koto katana with a cutting edge (nagasa) of 28½” (72.5cm). It is slightly machi okuri and is in shira saya. It is mumei (unsigned).
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Ubu Mumei Koto Bizen Katana...

Ubu Mumei Koto Bizen Katana (J424)

Price $2,450.00
Ubu Mumei Koto Bizen Katana. This is a ubu (unshortened) mumei (unsigned) Koto Bizen Katana in full polish. The nagasa (cutting edge) is 23⅞” (60.5cm). It is in old shirasaya with a silver foil habacki.
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Mounted Katana with Two...

Mounted Katana with Two Body Cutting Test (MGJ884)

Price $5,000.00
Mounted Katana with Two Body Cutting Test Mounted Katana signed: Hida No kami Fujiwara Uji Fusa. Cutting test reads: Oi Osaka Nakano shima kura yashiki inada oo yamano suke juro hisa hide Kiowa ni nen sangatsu Futatsudo Kiri O Toshi (Cutting test in Osaka in March of 1802 with two bodies cut). Blade cutting edge is 27¾”. Long double grooves. Large notare. Hamon Ómaru Boshi. Sujikai Yasurime....
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Japanese Type 32 Pattern...

Japanese Type 32 Pattern Sword (J413)

Price $245.00
Japanese Type 32 Pattern Sword. Blade length is 30” and has been sharpened on tips and has some notches. Scabbard is good with patina. Good overall condition Pre-WWI Japanese military sword.
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Mounted Tanto (J409)

Mounted Tanto (J409)

Price $4,750.00
Mounted Tanto. This Tanto is ubu with one hole. Signed: Noshu Ju Kane Tomo. There were many smiths using the signature Kane Tomo working in Mino Province starting in the 1300’s until the late 1500’s. This would appear to be one working in the 1500’s. This Tanto features an irregular gonome Hamon with some Tobiaki and Itame Hada. The Nakago has sujikai yasurime with haagari tip. The Fuchi...
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Wakisashi in Mounts (J410)

Wakisashi in Mounts (J410)

Price $1,750.00
Wakisashi in Mounts. This is an unsigned Ubu Wakizashi with 1 hole and Sujikai Yasurime. The blade is 17 7/16” (44.3 cm.) in length. Some areas of the irregular hamon are visible. The unsigned Tsuba is iron with gold, shakudo, silver, and copper birds. Included in this theme are rocks, foliage and a stream. The Fuchi Kashira are polished shibuichi with well carved roosters of gold shakudo,...
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Mounted Koto Aikuchi (MGJ621)

Mounted Koto Aikuchi (MGJ621)

Price $5,500.00
Mounted Koto Aikuchi. Signed: Bishu Osafune Nobu Uji. Date is illegible. Kogai and Kogatana are signed. Saya has profusely inlaid Kogiri and Kurikata. Blade has narrow suguha. Nagasa or cutting edge is 12 ¾”. There were 2 generations of Nobu Uji. Nobu Uji worked in the 1300’s. See Hawley, Page 608 (Nob 552 and Nob 553).
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A Mune Mitsu Gendaito (DRJ02)

A Mune Mitsu Gendaito (DRJ02)

Price $1,500.00
A Mune mitsu Gendaito signed: Mishimani Mai Oite Moriya Mune Mitsu Koreo Tsukuru. Date: Showa Ju Ku Nen Roku Gatsu Hi. This blade was forged by Mune Mitsu in June of 1944 in Shimane Province. It is 65.6cm or 25 13/16” long. It is ubu with 1 hole in the military mounts. Mune Mitsu is listed in Hawley’s on page 526 (Mun 234). He was relicensed after the war in 1954. He is listed in the Nihonto...
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Wakizashi signed:...

Wakizashi signed: Awataguchi Omi No Kami...

Price $3,975.00
Wakizashi signed: Awataguchi Omi No Kami Tadatsuna. In polish ubu, 1 hole inscription on reverse. 20 1/8 51.2 cm. Choji Midare gold foil habaki. 3rd generation 25points in Hawley. Has New Mexico Shinsa papers from 1983. Full polish no Kizus. Made by very good maker. Reverse signed: Jitetsu Oroshi Kore O Tsukuru.
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Wakizashi in Shira Saya...

Wakizashi in Shira Saya (MGJ476)

Price $2,850.00
Wakizashi in Shira Saya. Signed Kawachi Daijo Fujiwara Masa Hiro. Hawley, P. 378. Shinto Jiten, P. 334. 19 1/8 48.6 cm. Choji Midare. Full polish sword. Note: There are 2 miniscule nicks in the Ha.
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Kikuchi Yari (MGJ474)

Kikuchi Yari (MGJ474)

Price $1,875.00
Kikuchi Yari shaped like a Mor Ohazukvri blade with an additional section of Ha on the mune side near the tip. Ko-Itame with Suguha signed on socket. Yoshikawa Minamoto Suke Yoshi 8 3/8” (21.2cm.) 14” (35.6cm) long overall. N.BTHK. hozon paper in excellent polish.
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