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Here is an other Rai Kuniyuki. https://www.nipponto.co.jp/swords2/KT221624.htm Tom

Hi Andre, if you have see the Kinmichi has Tokubetsu juyo Paper. The Price is over 150 K. Tom

Hi Volker, thank you. As you know we have mutch more in stock. As i know you collect always Gendaito, or have you change your collection. Tom

Hello, i have list a few new swords on the Webside. Please have a look under www.japanesesword.de Thank you. Tom

Hi Steve, are you shure that these Koshira is old ? Please post clear pictures of the Fittings and the Tsuba and from the saya to. Thank you. Tom

I can only congratulate you, if I had been there I would have bought it too. Tom

Hi, if you look for quallity juyo Katana here in Europe, we have always Koto and Shinto juyo and Tokubetsu juyo in stock. You can hold these Blades always in hand and you can check the Blades by yourself. A few we have on the webside, but mutch more in Stock. Please check at www.japanesesword.de Best Regards Thomas

Hi Eric, Kunitoki Horikawa was a student of Kunihiro Horikawa, who is considered the founder of the Shintō period, having trained such outstanding apprentices as Kuniyasu Horikawa, Kunisyu Echigo-Mamoru, Kuniji Dewa-Osumi and Masahiro Osumi. Kunitoki is thought to have been a swordsmith who was a stand-in for Kunihiro, as few of his works have survived. Few pieces of Kunitoki inscriptions remain, making it a valuable source of information. So if you find a Blade from him, thats rare. Tom

Please note: However, participation in the NC meeting is only possible by registering at joachimhoppen@t-online.de ! Tom

Here is a good Video about Masamune and his Disciples. Have a look. Tom

Here is one. https://www.nipponto...swords5/KT331216.htm Tom

Exellent Swords from the last Exibition of Gassan Sadatoshi. https://www.youtube..../watch?v=Q94RdAdX5EA Tom

http://www.nihonto-club.de/seiten/berichte.html The theme was Bizen and Ichimonji with the following highlights. Tachi/Katana, mumei, Fukuoka Ichimonji (Juyo) Naginata-naoshi, mumei, Fukuoka Ichimonji (Juyo) Katana, Ishido Korekazu (Ichimonji-utzushi, Juyo) Wakizashi, Ishido Heki Mitzuhira (Ichimonji-utzushi, Tokubetsu-Hozon) Sunnobi-Tanto, Koyama Munetsugu (Tokubetsu-Hozon) Katana, Kato Tsunatoshi und Koretoshi (Tokubetsu-Hozon) A total of over 20 blades could be viewed and discussed in three study rounds. There were also a number of koshirae as well as tsuba and kodogu at the next table.

Hi, i have a Tanto from Miyamoto Kanenori with NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Paper. By interest PM. Tom

And two more. Tom

And two more. Tom

Here two more. Tom

Here a few other pictures of the Hasebe items. Tom

Hi all, if you like to buy the first Book from the Peter Janssen Collection in Berlin, you can oder the Book now here under these Link by the Samurai Museum. Only 500 Books are made. So order quick. Tom https://store.samurai-artmuseum.com/product/armours-of-the-samurai/

You attack me here in public for your stupidity. I have nothing to do with your buying.Here is it allowed to sell these Books. And i sell only a Translation, not more. These Books has no Copywrite. If you had googled for the books, you could easily have seen the difference. Alone the size is different. Both Links here from the Original and the Books on my webside. http://www.japanesesword.de/?site=book&id=2&lang=en Tom

Hi Lee, if you got a DIn 4 Print, yes its true. I sold these, but not to you.. The most i sold here in Europe, and only a few in the rest of the world. We have talk here before a few years about these Books. It gives the original Hardcover from Afu Watson and a the Set what i sell in DIN 4. If you read the Description on my webside, you see clear that i sell not the Original Books. These are Copies. I got these from a Dealer from England. As you know, these Books from Harry was illigal made. As i knowi think only 500 Books are sold and not more. And i have only 40 Copies. The most are all sold. A few are left.And no other from these Books comes in again. Tom

Gassan Sadakazu Tanto: Omote: Taisho Hatsu ushi (Taisho 2 nen = 1913) hou Goken no Toshi Tame Hagiwara kimi. Ura: Gassan Sadakazu ( Teiichi) saku Kao. Jigane: Ayasugi. Nagasa: 26,4 cm Motohaba: 2,57 cm Motokasane:: 0,63 cm Paper: NBTHK Hozon

Kanmuri otoshi Tanto by Gassan Sadayoshi: Signature: Gassan Sadayoshi zo Keio 2 nen 2 gatsu hi ( Feb, 1866) Nagasa: 24.4 cm Motohaba: 2.88 cm Motokasane: 8 mm Hamon: Gunome-choji very soft with deep Konie and Nioi. Paper: NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon

Taisho Tachi : Mei: (Omote) Teishitsugiin Gassan Sadakazu kin saku (Ura) Taisho 4th year, 5th month on a lucky day (May 1915) Sugata: shinogi- zukuri Nagasa: 71 cm Sori: 2,6 cm Hada: itame Hamon: saka- choji This tachi was made in celebrating the coronation of Empore Taisho on a lucky day of May in 1915. The smith appears to have challenged Bizen-den by this tachi. Koshrae: Hoso-dachi-ken-koshirae that has gold-hiramaki-e saya with shell inlays of ho- birds, kiku-mon (Chrysanthemum) crests and metal fittings with kiri-mon (Pawlonia). The kiku-mon and the kiri-mon was exclusively used by the Imperial Household. The mythical ho-bird (Phoenix) only appears in the Pawlonia wood during the coronation of a new Emperor and, as a result, was said to impart good fortune on that reign. The saya was made by Akatsuka Jitoku (1871 – 1936) a member of the Imperial Art Academy. It is said that this tachi was presented to Kaiser Wilhelm II by the Crown Prince Hirohito during his Europe visit in the Netherlands on Jun 1921. The history of the sword has to be studied. A similar tachi was presented to the British Royal family in 1915 in celebrating the coronation of Emperror Taisho. Jitoko Akatsuka Birth: 1871 Death: 1936 Famous gold lacquer artist. Many of his works are on display in museums in metropolitan Tokyo and other areas of Japan. Also known as "Heizaemon Akatsuka." He is famous for his lacquerware the "maki-e" technique, as well as some oil paintings. His work as exhibited in Paris in 1929. He was a member of the "Teikoku Geijutsu-in (Imperial Art Academy)."