Shinshinto katana by Tegara Yama Kai no Kami Masashige

Just posted a lovely blade by Tegara Yama Kai no Kami Masashige, a well known shinshinto smith. The blade is in good koshirae and polish and is really an elegant piece.

Some new blades and fittings

I recently posted a nice ko Nara school fuchi/kashira set, a Shoami daisho tsuba set, and a nice nanako shakudo tsuba in the fittings gallery. Tonight I posted a very nice Showa jidai gendaito by the 27th generation Mino Kanemoto in the sword gallery. I will have a very nice shinshinto katana in koshirae by Tegare Yama Kai (no) Kami Masashige (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon papers) up shortly.

Two new blades in the gallery

I rencently added two blades to the web gallery.We have a lovely shinsakuto katana done in the style of Chogi (Bizen Nagayoshi),by the mukansa smith, Kunimasa. It is made in the majesticc style of a Nambokucho tachi, and is really a lovely piece. it is in shirasaya with a nicely made contemporary koshirae with a dragon theme. The hamon reminds me of a snow-capped mountain…

New Hizen wakizashi in good mounts

We just added a new nidai Hizen no Koku Minamoto Masatsugu (later Munetsugu) to the gallery. The blade is in polish and shirasaya with very nice koshirae and NBTHK Hozon paper. The hamon is full of activity and the blade is an all around knockout made by a jo saku smith in the early part of the 1600s, probably around the Kanei period.

Markus Sesko

I would like to introduce Markus Sesko to all those interested in Japanese swords who might not have run across his wonderful blog on Nihonto yet. You need to check it out: https://markussesko.com/ . His translations of current and historical references, including the NBTHK Juyo publications, with continuing updates on kantei, and his histories of the Koto, Shinto, and Shinshinto smiths are…

Two new blades in the gallery today

I posted two new blades in the gallery today: a tachi in shirasay with sayagaki by the mukansa smith, Yoshindo Yoshikazu, and a shinshinto katana by Sanjo Kokaji Munetsugu. The tachi is a magnificent work by Yoshikazu in the Ichimonji tradition with a fine ko itame kitae with profuse ji nie and the choji hamon flowing into the boshi. The Munetsugu katana is also well forged with a tight ko…

Shinto smith Hoki no kami Nobutaka

The owner of the Nobutaka has authorized us to drop the price on this very nice, NTHK papered, Jo-saku smith. The asking price is now $8000. The blade is in a Juyo quality shirasaya, and has a lovely gold foil habaki by Brian Tschenega in his Greek fret design. The polish is first rate and the blade is well-forged and tempered. One side reminds us of koto Mino den, and the other side is…

New katana in the sword gallery

I have just posted a new blade in the sword gallery. It is a mumei katana in good polish and shirasaya with a fine two-piece gold-foil habaki. The photos don't do the hamon justice (it is always easier to bring out the hada than the hamon when photographing a long blade). The nioi deki hamon is very clear and distinct and filled with activity in ko nie.The taper from machi to kisaki along…