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Bump: Price 2700 Euro (including shipping inside EU)

Bump: Price 2700 Euro (including shipping inside EU)

No, but what do you except from this pictures from us? I only see its a piece of metal.

Come to https://www.japanartfair.com/ (No taxes from dealers from Japan, btw) . For this price I would first learn more about Nihonto and second only buy after personal viewing.

So why you ask in this board? You can also find a Tanto for 1k-2k Euro. What is your price limit? And yes Nihonto isn't a cheap hobby, but also you don´t have to be a millionaire. You can also have a look in Tosugu, a nice Tsuba is also very beautiful. Or maybe start to invest in some books. Or invest in a trip to Utrecht to the Japanartfair to get an overview of Nihonto.

I wouldn't suggest you to buy this. I this constitution you can't enjoy it, and for a restoration you must also pay some thousands. I recommend you the sale section here, there are some blades for sale and if it is from EU, you don't have to pay customs. Best Regards Oli

I will be 12/13.6 in Utrecht, if somebody wants to have a look or buy it, please message me.

I will be 12/13.6 in Utrecht, if somebody wants to have a look or buy it, please message me.

Currently it is very complicated to sell and send something to USA. Sorry Oliver

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Hi, for sale is a wakizashi in mountings from Nankai Tomotaka. About the smith: TOMOTAKA (朝尊), Tenpō (天保, 1830-1844), Yamashiro – “Tomotaka” (朝尊), “Tomotaka tsukuru” (朝尊造), “Yamashiro no Kuni Nishijin-jū Tomotaka” (山城国西陣住朝尊), “Tosa no Kuni-jūnin Gonnokami Tomotaka” (土佐国住人権守朝尊), “Nankai Tarō Tomotaka” (南海太郎朝尊), “Morioka Tomotaka saku” (盛岡朝尊作), “Yamashiro no Kuni Hataeda-gū Tomotaka” (山城国幡枝寓朝尊), Tarō Tomotaka tsukuru” (太郎朝尊造), “Ichijō Horikawa-jū Nankai Tarō Tomotaka” (一条堀川住南海太郎朝尊), real name Morioka Tomotaka (森岡朝尊), “Nankai Tarō” was his pseudonym, he was born in the third year of Bunka (文化, 1806) in Kuroiwa (黒岩) in Tosa´s Takaoka district (高岡郡), he signed his name Tomotaka first with the characters (友朝), during the Bunsei era (文政, 1818-1830) he moved to Kyōto where he took care of a later generation Iga no Kami Kinmichi (伊賀守金道) and supported the court noble Chigusa Arikoto (千種有功, 1796-1854) in forging swords, during the Tenpō era (天保, 1830-1844) he worked temporarily also in Edo´s Yushima-Tenjin (湯島天神), Tomotaka was a follower of the fukkōtō movement and on par with Suishinshi Masahide when it comes to the theoretical aspect of the Japanese sword, he wrote philosophically-inspired works like Tōken Gogyō Ron (刀剣五行論, “The Five-Elements Theory at Swords”) or the Zōtō Shinki Hō (造刀心気法, about “The Integration of Emotions at Forging Swords”), but he also compiled oshigata collections like the Shintō Meishū Roku (新刀銘集録), he died in the second year of iō (慶応, 1866) in Kyōto at the age of 61, we know date signatures from the fifth year of Tenpō (1834) to the second year of Genji (元治, 1865), there are katana, wakizashi and tantō extant, some also in kanmuri-otoshi-zukuri, his blades have mostly a magnificent sugata with a wide mihaba and an elongated kissaki, Bizen-style blades have a more elegant sugata with a relative short nagasa, his hamon is mostly a ko-chōji-midare in nioi-deki which reminds of Ōei-Bizen, sometimes also an ō-midare, hitatsura, or suguha in nie-deki is seen, when he worked in the Yamashiro tradition, he hardened a chū-suguha in ko-nie-deki in combination with a beautifully forged masame mixed with ko-mokume, in rare cases he also hardened a hitatsura, some blades show elaborate horimono, the signature is quite angular and he also signed with an additional kaō, jō-saku This Wakizashi is made in Bizen-den style and was made in Bunsei 13. Signature is: heian kujo-ju tomotaka. Measurments: Nagasa: 45.2ｃｍ Sori: 1.3ｃｍ Moto-Haba: 2.84ｃｍ It comes with Mountings, Bag and Tokubetsu Hozon Papers. Price 3000 Euro (including shipping inside EU) For offers or questions please send me a PM, Thanks Oliver