Japanese swords

An important Bizen samurai sword by the Yoshioka Ichimonji school
Katana named “Yakumo” (“Stratus clouds”) An important Bizen samurai sword by the Yoshioka Ichimonji school Late Kamakura Period, circa 1320 NBTHK Jūyō Tōken Nagasa [length]: 67.3 cm Motohaba [bottom width]: 2.8 cm Sakihaba [top width]: 1.9 cm Sori [curvature]: 1.6 cm
Katana Rai Kuninaga
Katana Rai Kuninaga Unsigned, den Rai Kuninaga Late Kamakura, early Nanbokucho period, Circa 1332 NBTHK Juyō Tōken Nagasa [lenght]: 71.5 cm Motohaba: 2.7 cm, sakihaba: 1.9 cm Sori [curvature]: 2.3 cm Sugata [configuration]: shinogi-zukuri, koshi-zori, iori-mune, chu-kissaki (3,2 cm) Kitae [forging pattern]: bright itame mixed with mokume and nagare, plenty of jinie and chikei, Hamon [tempering pattern]: suguha mixed to ko-choji and ko-gunome; ashi, yō, hotsure, yubashiri, kinsuji and sunagash
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An important Soden-Bizen katana attributed to Osafune Nagamori (長船長守). NBTHK Juyō Token. Nanbokucho period, circa 1360 Nagasa [lenght]: 69.5 cm Motohaba: 2.9 cm, sakihaba: 2.1 cm Sori: 1.8 cm Sugata [configuration]: shinogi-zukuri, tori-zori, iori-mune, enlongated chu-kissaki (3.9 cm) Kitae [forging pattern]: itame mixed with mokume, plenty of small jinie and chikei, pale utsuri Hamon [tempering pattern]: wider on the upper half; koshi-no-hirata mixed with fukushiki-o-gunome and choji gunome; a
Saishiki netsuke raffigurante Ryujin, XVIII secolo
Oei-Bizen tachi Signed "YASUNAGA" (康永) Muromachi period (1392-1573) Circa 1400 NBTHK Juyo Token (Session nr. 45)
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Yanone Arrowheads Edo Period (1615-1867) A collection of twelve arrow heads of various shapes and dimensions. Some signed.
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Tantō, circa 1300 Shintogo Kunimistu Juyō Token Nagasa: 23.1 cm Moto-haba: 1.85 cm Nakago length: 9.85 cm Sugata: ko-buri uchi-sori tantō of hira zukuri, with mitsu-mune and narrow mi Kitae: well-tempered itame-hada with thick ji-nie, flourishing chikei and prominent nie utsuri Hamon: hoso-suguha with deep nioi and thick nie mixed with coarse nie in places Hataraki: hotsure yubashiri with detailed kinsuji, bright and clear nioiguchi. Boshi: komaru with a shallow kaeri, and slightly course nie H
Accessories
Te-Yari blade 18th century Length 146cm The short blade with a short hi to one side; the shaft of black lacquer with gadrooned red lacquer on the upper part and fittings of iron; the saya of black and brown lacquer, naturalistically modeled as a nasubi (egg plant).
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O-Wakizashi Ujifusa 17th Century Provenance: New York, The Metropolitan Museum NBTHK Hozon Token Nagasa: 57 cm Motohaba: 34 mm Motokasane: 7 mm Sugata: hira-zukuri with iori-mune Kitae: mokume hada mixed to masame Hamon: notare-gonome in nie-deki Boshi: ko-maru with wide and long kaeri Nakago: suriage, kurijiri, four mekugi-ana In shirasaya. The school Ujifusa, find its origins from that of Kanefusa, built during the Koto period, that, after the beginning of the Shito period, changed it
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Shinshinto wakizashi Koyama Munetsugu Shinshinto, dated 1847 Mei: 備前介宗次 - Bizen no Suke Munetsugu Uramei: 弘化四年二月日 - A day in the 2nd month of Kôka 4th year (1847) Hada: mokume mixed with ko-itame Hamon: gunome midare in Shizu style, with yo, sunagashi, kinsuji Boshi: notare-komi in ko-maru with short kaeri. Nakago: ubu, one mekugiana, kengyo nakagojiri, kattesagari yasurime. Sugata: Shinogi zukuri, tori zori, iori mune, chu kissaki. Nagasa: 48.3 cm Sori: 11 mm Motohaba: 29 mm Sakihaba: 19
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MINO KATANA KANENORI Keichō period (1596-1615) Signed: “Echizen kuni ju Kanenori” (越前國住兼則) NBTHK Hozon TokenNagasa [length]: 71.2 cm Sori: 1.3 cm, motohaba: 3.2 cm, sakihaba: 2.1 cm