Corrosion cross grain pattern small water drops openwork

Signed : Hirado-shi Minamoto Masakane

71.5x71.4mm

3.8mm thick

Signed : Shindo Go-Tetsu Ren Nori MUNEAKI-saku Myochin Shikibu Matsumushi

Itame Grain surface A boar eye/Watedrops kosukashi openwork (Middle Edo period)

Myochin school, Family name NORI and smith name MUNEAKI, exclusively worked for Asako feudal lord in Aki province, High skill artisan.

82.3x80.2mm

4.5mm thick

NBTHK(HOZON TOUSOGU)

Shinshinto (Bunka era/about 200 years ago) Owari
Length of cutting edge26.0cm Curvature0.3cm Width of base30.1mm Thickness of base7.6mm

NTHK(Shoshin)

set in Black stone finish sheath AIKUCHI style koshirae

Cherryblossom with Gosho coach fuchi/kashira and menuki

Chrysanthemum/Autumun flower Mokko style Tusba Kougai missing

Entire length : 99cm

A spool openwork motif

Iron polish surface

72.9x68.5mm

5.8mm thick

Leo and Peony/a pair of flying birds motif

Shakudo copper alloy polish surface, katagiri plaw, Suemon silver/gold inlay

Signed : Masa (X)

68.9x65.0mm

3.4mm thick

Koto End of Muromachi period (Entoku erac/circa A.D.1489) Chikuzen
Length of cutting edge71.6cm Curvature1.9cm Width of base29.5mm Thickness of base7.1mm Width of Yokote18.4mm

NBTHK(HOZON)

Higo style JUJI MOKKOU shape

Gold/silver inlay, hanmmered surface, Silver fukurin rim

75.8x71.2mm

3.7mm thick

Shinto Early Edo period (Kanei era/approx.370 years ago) Hizen
Length of cutting edge30.4cm Curvature1.0cm Width of base32.3mm Thickness of base6.4mm

NBTHK(Tokubetsu Hozon)

HAGI(Bush Clover) motif,  Takabori gold inlay

Fuchi 37.5x21.2mm
Kashira 32.8x18.6mm

Flower and Karakusa motif

Brass YOSHIROU inlay

81.9x78.5mm

5.3mm thick

NBTHK(HOZON TOSOGU)

Dragon with wave motif

Brasswork(Shinkin) Takabori and  kebori plaw

Yamagane(copper alloy) back panel with slanting failemark

13.5x94.3mm 5.7mm thick

End of Muromachi period (Tenbun era/about 470 years ago) Mino
Length of cutting edge29.0cm No curvature Thickness of base5.2mm

NBTHK(Tokubetsu Kicho Token)
(Tokubetsu Kicho Kodougu)

set in Akagi(solid wood hilt) brown notches sheath Samurai motif koshirae mounting

Shinto Early Edo period (Enpo era/about 330 years ago) Etchu
Length of cutting edge67.1cm Curvature1.0cm Width of base30.7mm Width of Yokote20.3mm Thickness of base7.2mm

An old tree and a monkey hanging by openwork motif

Nikubori openwork plaw, Gold inlay.

attributed to a work of SHOWAMI

68.1x65.3mm

4.8mm thick

NBTHK(HOZON)

Iron ground, Nikobori plow, Ji-sukashi (openwork), Gold Inlay(Nunome-zogan)

Dragon and clouds design

Signed : Jakushi

80.0x73.6mm

5.1mm thick

Shinto Early Edo period (Enpo era/circa A.D.1673 about 330 years ago) Kaga province
Length of cutting edge58.8cm Curvature1.4cm Thickness of base6.4mm Width of base27.6mm Width of Yokote18.4mm

NBTHK(Kicho paper)

Signed: Morichika
Shakudo Takabori Iroe
A snipe design
14.7mmX97.0mm 4.7mm thick

Contemporary sword The 49 th year of Showa (A.D.1974) Gifu pref.
Length of cutting edge17.2cm No curve Width of base18.2mm Thickness of base4.9mm

Shinto early Edo period (Keicho era/circa A.D.1596) Mutsu
Length of cutting edge53.4cm Curvature1.2cm Width of base30.2mm Width of Yokote21.8mm Thickness of base7.2mm

NBTHK(HOZON)

Koto End of Muromachi period (Tensho era/circa A.D.1573) Mino
Length of cutting edge74.1cm Curvature1.7cm Width of base32.3mm Thickness of base6.6mm Width of Yokote24.2mm

NBTHK(HOZON)

Maron leaves design 

Same(stingray skin) Japanese lacquer polish ground surface, Suemon inlay

Yamagane(copper) back panel Unsigned

14.6x96.4mm 8.4mm thick

Cross and circle (maru-ni-juji) motif

hammered surface Round edge mimi

74.6x73.8mm

4.9mm thick

Triple Birds openwork motif

65.3x65.9mm

4.6mm thick

Dragon with Clouds design

Signed : Kiryuken YOSHIMORI (a seal of smith)

Shakudo (copper alloy) polish surface, Sukibori, Katagiri and Kebori plaw, Gold inlay

Shakudo(copper) back panel

13.7x97.6mm 4.6mm thick

UME flower/tree motif

hammered surface Usunikubori plaw, Gold, silver and copper inlay

82.9x77.4mm

4.1mm thick

Koto Nanbokucho period (Shouhei era/circa A.D.1346) Iwami province
Length of cutting edge44.1cm Curve0.9cm Width of base27.8mm Thickness of base5.0mm

NBTHK(Tokubetsu Hozon)

Signed MASAYASU

Wizard and a scroll motif

Usunikubori plaw gold inlay/Hammered edge

72.6x68.2mm

5.7mm thick

Bugu (Arms) motif

Shakudo(copper alloy), Yobori, Gold / Silver Inaly

62.6x15.0mm 5.6mm thick 

60.6x14.6mm 5.6mm thick

Koto End of Muromachi period (Tensho period/circa A.D.1573) Mino
Length of cutting edge23.3cm No curve Width of base23.9mm Thickness of base5.7mm

NTHK(Shoshin)

with Black notches lacquered Koshirae fitting (Enko-Hogetsu motif)

Shinshinto End of Edo period (Bunka era/about 200 years ago) Inaba province
Length of cutting edge16.2cm No curve Width of base20.0mm Thickness of base5.1mm

NTHK(SHOSHIN)

AMARYU Legendary Dragon openwork design

Iron Nikobori and Kebori plaw
71.1x67.7mm
5.5mm thick

Shakudo(copper) ground Nanako-ji surface

Takabori gold and silver inlay

Old man and swallows under bamboo tree motif

14.2x96.5mm 5.2mm thick 

Signed Tetsugendo NAOMASA

Dragon flys in clouds motif

Copper alloy inlay (nose of dragon)

Usuniku plaw (hammered edge) Uchikaeshi-mimi

71.2x66.9mm

5.0mm thick

Koshukashi open-work

Signed : Shoami SHIGENOBU

The clouds open-work motif

79.4x78.3mm

4.9mm thick

Signed RAKU IN X X X, FUJI WARA X X

Usuniku bori plaw Silver inlay/Wave motif

69.7x61.8mm

4.5mm thick

Iron ground, Polish surface

Gold, Suaka(copper) and Shakudo(copper alloy) inlay 

River flow and water birds motif

Singed : Gigyoshi NAGAYOSHI (a seal of artisan)

13.8 x 98.0mm

Shakudo ground, Polish surface, Dragon on clouds design

Sukibori, takabori, Gold suemon inlay

70.5x67.8mm

4.4mm thick

Dragonfly and small pair of bubbles openwork motif

Hammered surface Silver and brass Takabori inlay

86.3x81.3mm

4.6mm thick

Aged UME Japanese apricot motif

Iron ground, Polish surface and Niku-bori plaw

83.4x81.6mm 4.5mm thick

Grapevine motif

Shakudo(copper alloy), Yobori

40.0x13.8mm

41.2x13.3mm

Shinto Early Edo period (Keian era/circa A.D.1648) Bitsu
Length of cutting edge54.4cm Curvature1.2cm Width of base30.5mm Width of Yokote20.5mm Thickness of base6.6mm

NBTHK(HOZON)

with) Black Stone finish lacquered sheath Karakusa/Dragon motif Wakizashi Koshirae