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Product No. WA-011 (正繁) Masashige. (1st Gen.) Sword type 脇差 Wakizashi. Omote/Mei 手柄山甲斐守正繁 Tegarayama kai (no) kami Masashige. Ura 文化四年二月日 Bunka sei shi nen ni gatsu hi. One day in February 1807. 菅原義孝壽常作之 Sugawara Yoshitaka Ō Motome kore tsukuru Province, area Harima. Era Bunka period Date February 1807 Father Ujishige 氏重 Dimensions Nagasa […]
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Product No. WA-010 (俊吉) Toshiyoshi, same as Sukekane 祐包. Sword type 脇 差 Wakizashi. Omote/Mei Toshiyoshi Saku. 俊吉作 Ura Tenpô go nen ni gatsu hi. 天保五年二月日 Province, area Bitchū. Era According to the date: Tenpô 1830-1844. Date February 1834. Dimensions Nagasa 35.9cm Sori 1.0cm Motohaba 2.75cm Sakihaba 1.97cm Munekasane 0.72cm Nakago 12.2cm Registration […]
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Product No. WA-009 (忠吉) Tada-Yoshi. (Rokudai-6e Generation). Sword type 脇 差 Wakizashi. Omote/Mei Hizen (no) kuni Tadayoshi. 肥前國忠吉 Ura n/a empty. Province, area Hizen. Era Kansei period. Date 1790-1815. Teacher Tada-Yoshi. Dimensions Nagasa 38.5cm Sori 1.50 cm Motohaba 2.80 cm Sakihaba 2.10 cm Munekasane 0.60 cm Nakago 11.8 cm Registration NBTHK Certificate Nihonto “Hozon”. […]
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Product No. WA-008 (祐定) Sukesada. 3e Generation. Sword type 脇 差 Wakizashi. Omote/Mei Bizen (no) kuni Osafune (no) jū Sukesada saku. 備前國長船住祐定作 Ura Kyōhō shi nen san gatsu hi. (One day in March 1719). 享保二二年三月日 Province, area Bizen. Era Kyōhō period. Date March 1719. Teacher Adoptive son of Kozuke Dija Sukesada. Dimensions Nagasa 50.2cm Sori […]
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Product No. WA-007 (祐永) Sukenaga (Shodai). Sword type 脇 差 Wakizashi. Omote/Mei Yokoyama Kaga Suke Fujiwara Sukenaga. 横山加賀介藤原祐永 Ura Bizen Osafune jȗnin. 備前長船住人 Tempo go nen ni gatsu hi. 天保五年二月日 Province, area Bizen. Era Tempo period. Date 1834. Teacher/ father Sukehira Dimensions Nagasa 50.5cm Sori 1.40 cm Motohaba 2.90 cm Sakihaba 1.95 cm Munekasane 0.78 […]
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Product No. WA-006 (長道) Nagamichi. 6e or 8e generation. Sword type 脇 差 Wakizashi. Omote/Mei Ōshū Aizu (no) jȗ Miyoshi Nagamichi. 奥州会津住三善長道 Ura Tenpō Jyu Shi Mizunoto U nen hachi gatsu hi. 天保 十四癸卯年八月日 Province, area Iwashiro. Era Tenpō period. Date (One a day in August) August 1843. Teacher Nagamichi. Dimensions Nagasa 51.5 cm Sori […]
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Product No. WA-005 (爲康)Tameyasu. 2e Generation. Sword type 脇 差 Wakizashi. Omote/Mei Mutsu (no) kami Tachibana Tameyasu. 陸奥守橘爲康 Ura n/a empty. Province, area Kii Era Enpō period. Date 1673-1681. Teacher 1e Generation Yasuhiro (Kiinokuni Yasuhiro) 康廣（紀伊國康廣） who was the founder of Kii Ishido school. Dimensions Nagasa 50.6cm Sori 1.30 cm Motohaba 3.06 cm Sakihaba […]
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Product No. WA-004 (一秀) Isshū. Sword type 脇 差 Wakizashi in the shape of a Naginata point. Omote/Mei Ikeda isshū nyudō ryūken 池田一秀入道龍 (Same as Katsuhide 勝秀) Ura Tenpô go nen go gatsu. 天保五年五月. Province, area Uzen Era Tenpô period. Date May 1834. Teacher Masahide. Dimensions Nagasa 42.8 cm Sori 1.10 cm Motohaba 3.15 […]
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Product No. WA-003 (兼定) Kanasada. 3e Generation. Sword type 脇 差 Wakizashi. Omote/Mumei Attributed to: Izumi no Kami Kanesada. (3rd gen). 和泉守兼定 Ura n/a empty. Province, area Mino. Era Late Koto, early Shinto period. Date +/- 1552-1650. Teacher Kanasada Dimensions Nagasa 44.5cm Sori 1.40cm Motohaba 2.62cm Sakihaba 1.93cm Munekasane 0.67cm Nakago 12.1cm Registration NBTHK […]
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Product No. WA-002 (康廣) Yasuhiro. Sword type 脇 差 Wakizashi. Omote/Mei Echizen (no) kuni jȗ yasuhiro. 越前國住康廣 Ura n/a empty. Province, area Chikuzen. Era Early Shinto period. Date +/- 1660. Teacher Unknown Dimensions Nagasa 45.4 cm Sori 1.40 cm Motohaba 2.83 cm Sakihaba 2.13 cm Munekasane 0.65 cm Nakago 12.1 cm Registration NBTHK Certificate […]
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Product No. WA-001 (廣 信) Hironobu. 1st generation. Sword type 脇 差 Wakizashi. Omote / Mei Yamato (no) kami Minamoto Hironobu. 大 和 守 源 廣信 also written as (弘信) Ura n/a empty. Province, area Yamashiro. Era Manji period. Date 1658-1661. Teacher Unknown Dimensions Nagasa 47.2 cm Sori 1.10 cm Motohaba 3.20 cm Sakihaba 2.20 […]
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