Search Results for: Horimono

Kotô – Nanbokuchô period | NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon (katana) & Tokubetsu Kichô (wakizashi) | Catalogue 38 | Sold

Kotô – Late Muromachi (Tenbun~Eiroku eras: 1532-1570) | NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon | Sold

Resource Article – Reference Glossary by Unique Japan Glossary of Japanese Sword Terms and Samurai Culture A reference guide to the key terms used in Japanese sword collecting and samurai culture. Whether you are reading a sword description for the first time or brushing up on terminology you half-remember, this glossary is here to help. […]

Resource Article – Written by Pablo Kuntz, Founder of Unique Japan How Does a Japanese Sword Get So Hard and Sharp? This is one of the questions I genuinely enjoy answering, because the science behind it is as fascinating as the object itself. A Japanese sword achieves its legendary sharpness and durability through a process […]

Resource Article – Written by Pablo Kuntz, Founder of Unique Japan 7 Reasons Why I Love Japanese Swords I get this question a lot. From family, from friends, from clients: “WHY do you love Japanese swords so much?” In the early days I would reply in a slightly bewildered way: “I don’t know, I just […]

Gendaitô – Meiji era (1908) | Jôjô-saku | Sold

Shintô – Keichô era (circa 1596-1615) | NBTHK Hozon Tôken | Jô-saku | Sold

Kotô – Nanbokuchô period (Jôwa era: 1345-1350) | NBTHK Tokubetsu Jûyô Tôken | Jôjô-saku | Sold

Shintô – Meiji-Taishô era (signed January 1915, Taishô 4) | Jôjô-saku | Sayagaki by Gassan Sadatoshi | Catalogue 40 | Available

Kôtô – Early Muromachi period (Oei era: 1394-1427) | NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon | Jô-saku | Catalogue 34 | Sold