A Japanese wari-kōgai
Iron chopsticks that combine as a kogai, with silver inlaid Paulownia mon.
SoldConverted Chinese guard
A purely Chinese guard and not a very ornate one, converted for Japanese use.
SoldClassic Choshu ship tsuba
The work nice and crisp, the execution has a naturalistic charm to it.
SoldJapanese tsuba in Canton style
Also known as Kwanto-gata, with two facing dragon chasing a pearl.
SoldA nanban tsuba with Christian orb
A near round tsuba with beaded rim depicting two dragons in vegetal scrollwork.
SoldWan-gata tsuba by Kunihiro
Its outer surface is decorated with interlocking swastikas and family crests.
SoldSeiryūken Eiju dragon tsuba
Tetsugendo school. Round plate with discoid cross-section, chiseled with dragons.
SoldEzo style tsuba
Introduction What are today known as "Ezo fittings" are a style of Japanese sword mount
SoldA Japanese nanban style tsuba
Description An interesting little sword guard, of fairly simple form w
SoldFine Kinai dragon tsuba
Made by the Kinai group of Echizen, who originated as horimono carvers.
SoldMasamune sword menuki
NBTHK Hozon. Charming menuki in the form of a sword, signed "Masamune" and a tachi scabbard.
SoldEnamelled Hirado Kunishige tsuba
Fine work and one of the very few enamelled tsuba by this maker.
SoldA very rare Japanese knife
With a blade with a concave edge, in stained deerhorn mounts with fine silver wire inlays.
SoldPingpu presentation knife dated 1921
Heavy socket-hilted plains knife with dated presentation scabbard.
SoldA nanban kozuka / kogatana
Nanban kozuka are extremely rare, and this is a particularly fine example.
SoldTaiwanese Aboriginal Pingpu knife
Introduction The Island of Taiwan was briefly under Dutch colonial rule in the 17th cen
SoldPaiwan tjakit with provenance
It was collected by Laurens Langewis, an early 20th-century ethnographer and author.
SoldMuramasa masterpiece tantō
A masterpiece by the "cursed" smith, active in the early 16th century.
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