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Ainu dagger

Called kuttom-ushbe in the local language. This one mounted in deer antler mounts.

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Miniature Ainu makiri

Despite its size it is of remarkably fine workmanship.

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Facing dragon Canton tsuba

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

€400,-
Fine autumn themed daishō

Both blades signed, its koshirae fine maki-e lacquer work. Ito school tsuba and Mino Gotō style mounts.

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Katakiriha zukuri naginata by Masatsune

Considered one of the best makers of naginata, he worked for the household of Fukushima Masanori.

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Jumonji yari by Kanabō Masazane

Made in the 16th century, for the warrior monks of the Hozo-in temple in Nara.

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Very good hachiwari

Literally "skull splitter", more widely known as kabutowari; "helmet splitter." An excellent example, one of the best…

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Yagami school nanban tsuba

A masterpiece of the genre. The Yagami school were excellent carvers of iron.

€1800,-
Enamelled Hirado Kunishige tsuba

Fine work and one of the very few enamelled tsuba by this maker.

€1800,-
Katana in horse theme koshirae

Blade signed Sesshū-jū Fujiwara Hiroyoshi, active in the 1670s-80s.

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Three wise monkeys tsuba

Japanese sword guard depicting three wise monkeys conveying the message see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

€1500,-
Shimosaka o-tantō

N.B.T.H.K. Hozon with a set of Nanban-style koshirae with signed tsuba.

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Important Ko-Hōki Sadatsuna katana

12th-century blade. 33rd Shinsha Juyō Token with sayagaki by Tanobe.

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Jumyo katana with fine koshirae

The very detailed mountings are decorated with designs of Japanese spiny lobsters.

€13500,-
Katana by Musashi Taro Yasukuni

Signed, ubu. Complete with tasteful koshirae and Hozon papers.

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Sōshū sword with tachi koshirae

Tokubetsu Hozon, attributed to Den Tametsugu. With fine itomaki no tachi koshirae.

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Ainu sword with sash

With deeply carved scabbard, complete with fine guard embroidered sash.

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Rare Ainu kuttom-ushbe

A luxury Ainu knife styled after the Japanese tantō.

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Unusual Ainu knife

Resembling a makiri but with the blade's edge on the opposite side.

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Ainu knife

Of a typical style used in Hokkaido in the 19th century.

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Bark wrapped Ainu makiri

A slender makiri with a bark wrapped scabbard.

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Fine Ainu makiri

An exceptionally well-carved Ainu knife.

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Winged dragon tsuba

A fine and unusually large tsuba. Attributed to Hizen by the NBTHK.

€3200,-
Kunikiyo wakizashi, Yamano test cut

A wakizashi by master Kunikiyo, tested by the most famous sword tester of 17th century Japan.

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Fine Kinai dragon tsuba

Made by the Kinai group of Echizen, who originated as horimono carvers.

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Sukesada uchigatana made August 1523

With a sayagaki by Honma sensei attributing it to Yosozaemon.

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Jūmonji yari (hozon)

A fine cross-shaped yari made by Enju Nobakatsu, with NBTHK Hozon papers.

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Yari with kusabi-hi

Large Japanese spearhead with red lacquered zig-zag groove. Signed Mitsuhiro.

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Suneate with Dutch leather

A pair of Samurai shin protectors finished with Dutch "goudleer".

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Handachi mounted wakizashi

With Nanban-style guard and kozuka. Signed Fujiwara Hisayoshi.

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Golden kabuto with iron menpo

A striking battle helmet from the Momoyama period of 1568-1600 A.D.

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Signed nanban style ship tsuba

Signed by an artist named Kanesada from Higo.

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Seiryūken Eiju dragon tsuba

Tetsugendo school. Round plate with discoid cross-section, chiseled with dragons.

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Peony karakusa tsuba

Executed in "nanban style" openwork with chiseled and gold-encrusted peonies.

€350,-
Sawasa style iron guard

Unusual piece with depiction of a foreign figure.

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Iron chrysanthemum tsuba

Large example with gold and silver overlay.

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Unusual dragon gate guard

Asian sword guard of unknown origin, modified in Japan.

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Japanese tsuba in Canton style

Also known as Kwanto-gata, with two facing dragon chasing a pearl.

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Daruma tsuba

A peculiar tsuba with a depiction of Bodhidharma and two dragon chasing a pearl.

€420,-
Wan-gata tsuba by Kunihiro

Its outer surface is decorated with interlocking swastikas and family crests.

€460,-
Rooster fight kozuka

Executed in gold and silver on a shakudō nanako base, with golden back.

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Nanban kogai & kozuka set (futakoromono)

The only set of its type known to me in both private and museum collections.

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Ainu sword hilt

Made of wood, with a silver ornamental fitting of remarkable workmanship.

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Ainu sword in Japanese polish

Exceedingly rare Ainu sword. Comes in an old Japanese collection box.

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An Edo period kankyûtô

A double-edged samurai tool with morbid origins.

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Signed nakago kozuka

A by-knife for a Japanese sword, with a hilt shaped like a sword tang.

€400,-
Japanese steel plate

Worked in repousse, possibly once part of an ornamental piece of armor.

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Wakizashi in Burmese hilt

An unusual cross-cultural mix, blending Burmese, Japanese and Indian parts.

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Kusari katabira zukin

Japanese mail set, with small ring vest and coif sewn to a thick cotton undergarment.

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A very rare Japanese knife

With a blade with a concave edge, in stained deerhorn mounts with fine silver wire inlays.

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Qing openwork saber guard

A very rare Chinese saber guard dating from the height of the Qing dynasty.

€1500,-
An interesting Japanese yari

Signed Yasutsugu, with sayagaki referring to the Tokugawa family.

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