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  • Japanese nanban tsuba

    A nanban tsuba

    A rather good example of a Japanese-made nanban tsuba.

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  • Nanban tsuba with christian orb

    A nanban tsuba with Christian orb

    A near round tsuba with beaded rim depicting two dragons in vegetal scrollwork.

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  • Asian export sword guard

    Chinese export sword guard

    An iron openwork guard two dragons chasing a flaming pearl.

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  • Chinese guard logo

    Converted Chinese guard

    A purely Chinese guard and not a very ornate one, converted for Japanese use.

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  • Nanban kozuka

    A nanban kozuka / kogatana

    Nanban kozuka are extremely rare, and this is a particularly fine example.

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  • Chinese encyclopedia

    Illustrated Encyclopedia of Things Chinese, 1719

    Description A Japanese volume from the 唐土訓蒙圖彚 or "Illustrated Encyclopedia of Things Ch

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  • A Japanese kusarigama

    A Japanese kusarigama

    The Japanese kusarigama is a variation of the gama, a scythe-like weapon that

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  • Japanese tsuba

    A Japanese nanban style tsuba

    Description An interesting little sword guard, of fairly simple form w

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  • Asian Export Tsuba

    Eight-lobed openwork tsuba

    Description A fairly unusual piece, of eight-lobed design.

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  • Ezo style tsuba

    Ezo style tsuba

    Introduction What are today known as "Ezo fittings" are a style of Japanese sword mount

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  • Ono school ship tsuba

    Ono school ship tsuba

    Description A classic Japanese ship tsuba with a motif called “kazeh

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  • Ship tsuba

    Classic Choshu ship tsuba

    The work nice and crisp, the execution has a naturalistic charm to it.

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  • Aviz tsuba

    House of Aviz tsuba

    A Japanese sword guard with the cross of the House of Aviz.

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  • Nanban steel tsuba

    Tachi tsuba of nanban tetsu

    A rare 17th-century sword guard made of foreign steel.

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  • Wari kogai logo

    A Japanese wari-kōgai

    Iron chopsticks that combine as a kogai, with silver inlaid Paulownia mon.

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  • Yari logo

    An interesting Japanese yari

    Signed Yasutsugu, with sayagaki referring to the Tokugawa family.

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  • Japanese mail kusari zukin

    Kusari katabira zukin

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

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  • Burmese hilted wakizashi in Indian scabbard logo

    Wakizashi in Burmese hilt

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

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  • Japanese uchidashi armor plate logo

    Japanese steel plate

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

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  • Kankyuto logo

    An Edo period kankyûtô

    A double-edged samurai tool with morbid origins.

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  • Ainu sword hilt logo

    Ainu sword hilt

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

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  • Rooster fight kozuka logo

    Rooster fight kozuka

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

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  • Canton tsuba

    Japanese tsuba in Canton style

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

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  • Dragon gate guard logo

    Unusual dragon gate guard

    Asian sword guard of unknown origin, modified in Japan.

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  • Chysanthemum tsuba

    Iron chrysanthemum tsuba

    Large example with gold and silver overlay.

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  • Tetsugendo Seiryuken Eiji tsuba

    Seiryūken Eiju dragon tsuba

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

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  • Nanban style ship tsuba signed Hishu Kanesada logo

    Signed nanban style ship tsuba

    Signed by an artist named Kanesada from Higo.

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  • Momoyama kabuto

    Golden kabuto with iron menpo

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

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  • Handachi wakizashi

    Handachi mounted wakizashi

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

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  • Jumonji yari

    Jūmonji yari (hozon)

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

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  • Sukesada

    Sukesada uchigatana made August 1523

    With a sayagaki by Honma sensei attributing it to Yosozaemon.

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  • Kinai tsuba logo

    Fine Kinai dragon tsuba

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

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