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Sun’-nobi Tantō by Nanki Shigekuni with Koshirae (Saijō-saku / Ryō-wazamono)

Sun’-nobi Tantō by Nanki Shigekuni with Koshirae (Saijō-saku / Ryō-wazamono)

Product Code
JS007
Signature
Signed (Zaimei)
School
Naki ni oite Shigekuni kore o tsukuru (於南紀重国造之)
Type
Hira-zukuri; mitsu-mune; slightly thick kasane
Period
Early Edo (17th c.)
Size
Blade length: 31.5 cm (1 shaku 3 bu 9 rin); curvature: very slight; width at machi: 3.2 cm; nakago length: 11.0 cm
Include
Double-layered gold-clad habaki; shirazaya and koshirae, each with a silk tsumugi storage bag
Paper
NBTHK Juyo Token Certificate
4th Jūyō Tōken, published in Kanzan Oshigata (寒山押形), Kanzan Oshigata Shintō Jiten (寒山押形新刀事典), and Kusanagi no Ya Oshigata (草薙廼舎押形).
Price
￥Price upon request
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Design of Cranes with the Rising Sun and Pine

Design of Cranes with the Rising Sun and Pine

Product Code
JT1664
Signature
Signed (Zaimei)
School
Egawa Sōrin. Mei: Sōrin (kaō)　宗隣（花押)
Type
Iron ground with high-relief carving and iroe. Solid silver shitodome.
Period
Late Edo (19th c.)
Size
Fuchi: height 39.7 mm; kashira: height 35.1 mm
Include
Custom-made fitted paulownia wood box with shifuku
Paper
NBTHK Hozon Tosogu Certificate
as “Mei: Sōrin (kaō)” 宗隣（花押）
Price
￥420,000
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Design of a Plum Tree

Design of a Plum Tree

Product Code
JT1389
Signature
Signed (Zaimei)
School
Ōmori Terumasa. Mei: Kanshikan-Terumasa (kaō) 幹支間英昌（花押）
Type
Shibuichi ishime ground with gold mon in high relief and iroe. Shitodome with gold tops and silver lower sections.
Period
Late Edo (19th c.)
Size
Fuchi: height 37.1 mm; kashira: height 35.0 mm.
Include
Custom-made fitted paulownia wood box with shifuku.
Paper
NBTHK Hozon Tosogu Certificate
as “Mei: Kanshikan-Terumasa (kaō)” 幹支間英昌（花押）
Price
￥450,000
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Articles

The Hachinoki Motif — A Tsuba Bearing the Spirit of Loyalty

The Hachinoki Motif — A Tsuba Bearing the Spirit of Loyalty

Nobunaga Koshirae — Born from the Aesthetic Vision of Sansai and Rikyū

Nobunaga Koshirae — Born from the Aesthetic Vision of Sansai and Rikyū

Visiting the Birthplace of Sen no Rikyū：The Aesthetics of Wabi Tea and Tosogu

Visiting the Birthplace of Sen no Rikyū：The Aesthetics of Wabi Tea and Tosogu

The Allure of Higo Kinko : Answers and Commentary on Three Tsuba from the Petit Bidding-Style Kantei

The Allure of Higo Kinko : Answers and Commentary on Three Tsuba from the Petit Bidding-Style Kantei

The Allure of Higo Kinko, Series 4: Part 2 — The Kamiyoshi School：A Lecture at the Naniwa Kodōgu Kenkyūkai

The Allure of Higo Kinko, Series 4: Part 2 — The Kamiyoshi School：A Lecture at the Naniwa Kodōgu Kenkyūkai

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The Allure of Higo Kinko series 4: part 1― The Hayashi School: A Lecture at the Naniwa Kodōgu Kenkyūkai

The Allure of Higo Kinko series 3 — The Nishigaki School: A Lecture at the Naniwa Kodōgu Kenkyūkai

The Allure of Higo Kinko series 3 — The Nishigaki School: A Lecture at the Naniwa Kodōgu Kenkyūkai

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Mulberry wood sword rack with Rindō mon design

Mulberry wood sword rack with Rindō mon design

Product Code
JK64
Signature
-
School
-
Period
Late Edo (19th c.)
Size
473×225×175mm
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Custom-made fitted cedar wood box with furoshiki.
Price
￥550,000
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Black lacquered sword rack with chigai-takanoha mon of the Asano family. Heirloom of Geishū Asano family

Black lacquered sword rack with chigai-takanoha mon of the Asano family. Heirloom of Geishū Asano family

Product Code
JK40
Signature
-
School
Mei: Yamada (Jōka)
Period
Early Edo (17th c.)
Size
568×375×178mm
Include
Period lacquered wood box with furoshiki. Published in “Japanese Sword Rack”
Price
￥3,300,000
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Sun’-nobi Tantō by Nanki Shigekuni with Koshirae (Saijō-saku / Ryō-wazamono)

Sun’-nobi Tantō by Nanki Shigekuni with Koshirae (Saijō-saku / Ryō-wazamono)

Product Code
JS007
Signature
Signed (Zaimei)
School
Naki ni oite Shigekuni kore o tsukuru (於南紀重国造之)
Type
Hira-zukuri; mitsu-mune; slightly thick kasane
Period
Early Edo (17th c.)
Size
Blade length: 31.5 cm (1 shaku 3 bu 9 rin); curvature: very slight; width at machi: 3.2 cm; nakago length: 11.0 cm
Include
Double-layered gold-clad habaki; shirazaya and koshirae, each with a silk tsumugi storage bag
Paper
NBTHK Juyo Token Certificate
4th Jūyō Tōken, published in Kanzan Oshigata (寒山押形), Kanzan Oshigata Shintō Jiten (寒山押形新刀事典), and Kusanagi no Ya Oshigata (草薙廼舎押形).
Price
￥Price upon request
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Design of Musashino

Design of Musashino

Product Code
JT1358
Signature
Unsigned (Mumei)
School
Akasaka Tadatora (3rd gen.)
Type
Iron, kaku-gata (square shape), maru-mimi (round-rim)
Period
Early Edo (17th c.)
Size
75.0mm×71.4mm× mimi 5.6mm (seppadai 6.0mm)
Include
Custom-made fitted paulownia wood box
Paper
NBTHK Hozon Tosogu Certificate
as "mumei Akasaka"
Price
￥300,000
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