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Kunikiyo wakizashi, Yamano test cut
A wakizashi by master Kunikiyo, tested by the most famous sword tester of 17th century Japan.
Kunikiyo (國清)
A line of Japanese swordsmiths working in Echizen.
Fine Kinai dragon tsuba
Made by the Kinai group of Echizen, who originated as horimono carvers.
Bizen Sukesada
A group of sword makers in Bizen, Japan, active in the Muromachi period.
Yosōzaemon jo Sukesada (与三左衛門尉祐定)
A Japanese swordsmith from Osafune, Bizen, who lived from 1466-1542.
Sukesada uchigatana made August 1523
With a sayagaki by Honma sensei attributing it to Yosozaemon.
Jūmonji yari (hozon)
A fine cross-shaped yari made by Enju Nobakatsu, with NBTHK Hozon papers.
Yari (槍)
Japanese word for spear or spearhead
Kusabi-hi (楔樋)
Japanese term for an irregular hamon sometimes found on spearheads
Yajirigata yari (鏃形槍)
Japanese for arrowhead-shaped spearhead
Yari with kusabi-hi
Large Japanese spearhead with red lacquered zig-zag groove. Signed Mitsuhiro.
Suneate with Dutch leather
A pair of Samurai shin protectors finished with Dutch "goudleer".
Handachi mounted wakizashi
With Nanban-style guard and kozuka. Signed Fujiwara Hisayoshi.
Golden kabuto with iron menpo
A striking battle helmet from the Momoyama period of 1568-1600 A.D.
Uchigatana (打刀)
Japanese word for a single-handed curved sword, the predecessor of the katana.
Signed nanban style ship tsuba
Signed by an artist named Kanesada from Higo.
Seiryūken Eiju dragon tsuba
Tetsugendo school. Round plate with discoid cross-section, chiseled with dragons.
Hamon (刃文)
Japanese term for the temperline on a blade, typically achieved by differential heat treatment.
Peony karakusa tsuba
Executed in "nanban style" openwork with chiseled and gold-encrusted peonies.
Sawasa style iron guard
Unusual piece with depiction of a foreign figure.
Iron chrysanthemum tsuba
Large example with gold and silver overlay.
Unusual dragon gate guard
Asian sword guard of unknown origin, modified in Japan.
Japanese tsuba in Canton style
Also known as Kwanto-gata, with two facing dragon chasing a pearl.
Daruma tsuba
A peculiar tsuba with a depiction of Bodhidharma and two dragon chasing a pearl.
Wan-gata tsuba by Kunihiro
Its outer surface is decorated with interlocking swastikas and family crests.
Nanako (魚子/斜子)
The Japanese name for punched, dotted surface finishes on metal.
Shakudō (赤銅)
A Japanese alloy containing copper and gold.
Rooster fight kozuka
Executed in gold and silver on a shakudō nanako base, with golden back.
Nanban kogai & kozuka set (futakoromono)
The only set of its type known to me in both private and museum collections.
Ainu sword hilt
Made of wood, with a silver ornamental fitting of remarkable workmanship.
Ainu sword in Japanese polish
Exceedingly rare Ainu sword. Comes in an old Japanese collection box.
Kankyûtô (貫級刀/貫首刀)
Japanese word for a samurai tool.
An Edo period kankyûtô
A double-edged samurai tool with morbid origins.
Kozuka (小柄)
Japanese name of a small utility knife worn in sword and dagger scabbards.
Signed nakago kozuka
A by-knife for a Japanese sword, with a hilt shaped like a sword tang.
Japanese steel plate
Worked in repousse, possibly once part of an ornamental piece of armor.
Wakizashi in Burmese hilt
An unusual cross-cultural mix, blending Burmese, Japanese and Indian parts.
Kusari zukin (鎖頭巾)
Japanese name for the hood of a mail armor set.
Kusari katabira (鎖帷子)
Japanese name for a jacket of mail armor.
Kusari gusoku (鎖具足)
Japanese word for mail armor.
Kusari (鎖)
Japanese word for "chain", also used to describe mail armor.
Kusari katabira zukin
Japanese mail set, with small ring vest and coif sewn to a thick cotton undergarment.
Tsuba (鍔 / 鐔)
Japanese name for a sword guard.
Qing openwork saber guard
A very rare Chinese saber guard dating from the height of the Qing dynasty.
An interesting Japanese yari
Signed Yasutsugu, with sayagaki referring to the Tokugawa family.
Inome (猪目)
"Boar's eye", a heart-shaped pattern commonly used in Japanese art.
Kōgai (笄)
The Japanese term for a hair arranging pin that was worn in Japanese sword scabbards.
Wari-kōgai (割笄)
The Japanese term for a hair arranging needle that can be split to form a pair of chopsticks.
A Japanese wari-kōgai
Iron chopsticks that combine as a kogai, with silver inlaid Paulownia mon.
Tachi-mokkō-gata (太刀木瓜形)
Japanese term for a cross-shaped tsuba often used on tachi swords.
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