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New Arrivals
Higo Enju Saemon-no-Jō Kunitsuna tachi – NEW
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Shintogo Kunimitsu tanto – REFERENCE
Important reference examples posted – REFERENCE
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Juyo Shizu Kaneuji – HOLD
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Hojoji Masateru katana – SOLD
Yamashiro Kodai Kaneie tsuba – SOLD
Edo jidai dragon tosogu koshirae – SOLD
Shodai Owari Nobutaka tanto – SOLD
Kurihara Akihide katana – SOLD
Tokubetsu Hozon Hizen Masahiro – SOLD
Juyo Rai Kuniyuki – SOLD
Etchu Norishige – SOLD
Kurihara Akihide katana – SOLD
Jirōzaemon no Jō Katsumitsu tanto – SOLD
Jurōzaemon no Jō Harumitsu moroba tanto – SOLD
Omi Daijo Tadahiro – SOLD
Iwami Daijo Kunisuke – SOLD
Juyo Token Gojo tachi – SOLD
Juyo Etchu Tametsugu – SOLD
Juyo Token Ko-Bizen Yoshikane – SOLD
Juyo Token Hatakeda Moriie – SOLD
Juyo Kencho Kanenaga – SOLD
Ikkansai naginata – SOLD
Chikushi Nobukuni tanto – SOLD
Yoshihara Kuniie tanto – SOLD
Ko-Uda naginatanaoshi – SOLD
Mitsuoki contest sword – SOLD
Gassan Sadashige – SOLD
Shodai Hizen Masahiro – SOLD
Heianjo Saburodayu tsuba – SOLD
Soshu Masahiro (Oei) – SOLD
Owari-kinko daisho – SOLD
Juyo Saburo Kunimune – SOLD
Nanbokucho Etchu Ko-Uda in Higo Koshirae – SOLD
Aoimon Tanegashima – SOLD
Soshu Tsunahiro – SOLD
Etchu Uda katana in dragon koshirae – SOLD
Soshu Hirotsugu katana – SOLD
Solid Gold Kyo-kinko Dragon Menuki – SOLD
Osafune Morikage katana – SOLD
Goto Dragon & Tiger menuki – SOLD
Etchu Ko-Uda Kunifusa- SOLD
Kiyomaro-mon (Enshin) – SOLD
Tosa Yoshimitsu tanto in koshirae – SOLD
Mino Kanehiro tachi – SOLD
Soshu Tsunahiro tanto – SOLD
Kaga Kanewaka katana – SOLD
Fuyuhiro katana – SOLD
Uda Kunihisa tachi – SOLD
Kongobyoe Moritaka katana – SOLD
Amada Sadayoshi – SOLD
Bizen no Kuni-jūnin Shinbei no Jō Yukikage – SOLD
Ishido Teruhide katana – SOLD
Satsuma Masazane nagamaki – SOLD
Kawachi no kami Kunisuke naginata – SOLD
Hizen Masatsugu katana – SOLD
Mino katana – SOLD
Kanefusa tanto – SOLD
Shimada Yoshisuke katana – SOLD
Hokke kaigunto – SOLD
Shimosaka kyu-gunto – SOLD
Horikawa Kuniyasu – SOLD
Morioka kinnoto katana – SOLD
Suishinshi Masatsugu with Yoshitane horimono – SOLD
Shodai Soshu Masahiro – SOLD
Awataguchi Kuniyasu tachi – SOLD
So-den Bizen Motomitsu katana – SOLD
Juyo Sairen – SOLD
Izumi (no) kuni Masakiyo – SOLD
Juyo Kyo Nobukuni tanto – SOLD
Mino Kanenaga katana – SOLD
Kongobyoe Morinaga wakizashi – SOLD
Rai Kunizane katana – SOLD
Miyaguchi Toshihiro katana – SOLD
Kawachi Kunisuke wakizashi – SOLD
Nanbokucho Bizen Morimoto naginatanaoshi – SOLD
Ko-Gassan Munetsugu katana – SOLD
Ippo saidanmei katana – SOLD
Tomoshige tachi – SOLD
Yasukuni Yasunobu tanto – SOLD
Gassan Minamoto Yoshimune – SOLD
Kaneuji tanto – SOLD
Oei Nobukuni wakizashi – SOLD
Katayama Ichimonji O-Naginatanaoshi – SOLD
Early tachi – SOLD
Juyo Token Sa Hiroyuki – SOLD
Nanbokucho Sue-Sa wakizashi – SOLD
Large Mishima Shrine Sword by Komiya Kunimitsu – SOLD
Bizen Sukesada katana in koshirae dated 1517 – SOLD
KATANA/TACHI
WAKIZASHI
TANTO
Norishige is superior to Masamune in the hataraki [activities] of nie and forges a unique jihada called matsukawa-hada. He is superior to Masamune in the hataraki of jihada and hamon, though he yields to Masamune in the clearness of jigane and the brightness of hamon. It is another feature of Norishige that the border of the hamon and ji is not conspicuous.
NBTHK Token Bijutsu
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