![]() Very few blades are known of this swordsmith, probably because he changed his name 3 times in his life and signed accordingly. The Wakizashi also has a Bo-Hi and a Gunome Notare Hamon with Nioi and Nie. The blade is in a good polish is Ubu (not shortened) with 1 Mekugi-ana and no forging flaws. from YAMAURA from the Musashi province who was active around 1836 according to the Hawley and he is a 50 point swordsmith (YAM 2). The Wakizashi (Sho) is unsigned from the ShinShinto period (ca.1800-1850). The Katana is Ubu (not shortened) with 1 mekugi-ana and has no forging flaws. The Hamon is a Gunome Midare Hamon with Sunagashi and Kinsuji and Ara-Nie. You rarely come across such a long Hira-zukuri blade. The sword has an elegant Hira-zukuri shape with a Bo-Hi. There are not many swords in circulation from Kunihide as he worked at the end of the Samurai era and certainly had to give up his profession as a swordsmith. At the same time, Ryoma Sakamoto was introduced to Edo Beichen Itto-Ryu Sadakichi Chiba Dojo where swords were forged and tested together. Kunihide was a student of Nakayama Ikkansai Yoshihiro, they worked for the Itakura family and later for the Annaka clan. ![]() The blade has NTHK Toso certificate, has 10 points in the Hawley ( kun116 ) and made Wazamono sharp swords. The Katana (Dai) is signed: Soshu Jyu Tachibana Enryushi Fujiwara KUNIHIDE Zou, from the ShinShinto period, (ca. This is an authentic Nihonto Japanese Samurai DaiSho.Ī beautiful DaiSho with very nice classic red lacquer Koshirae in very good condition, both blades in good Japanese polish and ShiraSaya with Tsunagi (wood copy of the sword itself). Swords / Nihonto : Tanto / Wakizashi / Katana Nihonto Tanto collection ![]() ![]() You can read some more background information and explanation about the different types of Japanese swords on the page You can click on the image for an enlargement and more detailed photos. On the left you see a description of the sword and koshirae and on the right the corresponding image. The swords have a Koshirae mount (mounted with tsuba/sword guard, menuki, kozuka, kogai, Fuchi-kashira) and/or a ShiraSaya, signed or Mumei, Ubu or Sureage.Īll these items are old/antique and one-off, so no reproductions. Here you can see the overview of the Japanese Samurai swords (Nihonto) including Katana, Tachi, DaiSho, No-dachi, Wakizashi, Tanto, Yoriodoshi, Yari, Naginata and Gunto, which we currently manage with or without NBTHK Hozon or Tokubetsu Hozon or Juyo certificate. ![]()
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