Katsujinken Nihonto

07/28/2026

Cutting test on a body for pleasure on 20 July 1834 and again 3 September 1835 by Ito Kazaemon.

07/17/2026

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Hizen (no) Kuni Kawachi Daijo Masahiro
This blade was produced in Hizen province, by 1st. Generation Masahiro, c - 1624 AD. (average working date). He was a contemporary of Hizen Tadahiro, and one of the finest makers of the Tadayoshi school. Masahiro was a student, and "great grandson of Shodai Tadayoshi", his father Yoshinobu also assisted in his teachings. Masahiro started signing swords using the name Masanaga. (Masahiro also used to sign swords for Tadayoshi when he became ill (dai mei). "Lord Nabeshima" had seen the skill he had and told him he should start signing his works as Masahiro. (given the character “hiro” by the lord). He eventually had his own line of students

Nagasa: 20-1/4"
Nakago: 5-5/8"
Total blade length: 25-7/8"
Blade thickness at the hamachi : 5.72 mm thick
Width at the habaki: 30.41 mm
Width at yokote level: 22.63 mm
Kissaki/point: 38 mm
Sori: 12 mm
Hamon: beautiful big & wide gunome-midare ba on both sides
Hada/grain : well forged ko-itame mix �Kissaki: sharp crispy point with boshi/turn-back on both side

06/27/2026

2 Ishido Katana both Tokubetsu Hozon In Koshirae
Pair of late Generation Tadayoshi with dragon fittings and papered.

06/27/2026

All OBO
Long Masatoshi 7,000
Tadatsuna Shodai 6,000
Nobutaka 7th 20,000
Nagasada 9,000
Hiromoto 6,000
Masanori/Masakatsu 6,000
Masanori/Masakatsu 4,200
Masanori Shodai 11,000
Masanori Shodai 9,500
Masanori yari 7,500
Yasutsugu Sandai Echizen 10,000
Tsuguhira 5,000
Yamato Yoshimichi Nidai 11,000
Kanemichi Shodai 12,000
Yoshimichi Sandai Kyō 4,500
Tadayoshi 4,500
Tadayoshi 3,000
Sukeharu Satsuma koshirae. 7,000
Masahiro 2,000
Yoshifusa handachi * 7,000

06/26/2026

$7,500!
Heianjo Ishido Masatoshi
Shoho era (1645-1648)
75.4 cm
NBTHK Tokobetsu Hozon (sword)
Fujishiro Matsuo Kanteisho dated 1992
NTHK-NPO Kanteisho certificate (Koshirae)
NTHK-Certificate (Fuchi-Kashira)
NTHK Kanteisho Certificate (Tsuba)

06/20/2026

$9,000
Nagasada Mikatsuyama
His name is Jiichiro Matsui. He was born in Tarui-cho, Gifu Prefecture for six years. He is the youngest of the sword craftsman Akasaka Senjuin Michinaga. It is said that he went to Edo around Kaei from Koka and learned it from the master craftsman, Daikei Naotane. He also forged swords in Mino and his maternal villages, Isedamaru, Kishu Wakayama, Izumo Matsue, etc., which are the land of the Kishu Domain. It is said that he became a blacksmith of the Kishu Tokugawa family for a while and was a senior vassal of the Kishu Domain and made a sword at the Shimoyashiki in Aoyama, Edo, the castle kami (Governor of Kuno Tanba Province), the keeper of Isedamaru. It seems that he had a close relationship with Kenjutsu practitioners of the Yanagi school, including Tatewaki MATSUDAIRA, a sh**un's hatamoto (direct retainers of the bakufu, which is a form of Japanese feudal government headed by a sh**un), and TACHIBANA no Kuranosuke. Later, he went to Kyoto and accepted the purveyor of court nobles, and it is said that he also interacted with many patriots such as Seigan YANAGAWA, the Kinno family of the same hometown. He died in 1877. Many of the swords are modeled after Kiyomaru, but there are also many swords that are mistaken for the famous swords of Sue Bizen, as they are sometimes trained in the old-fashioned style of the ground iron. It is famous as the sword of Shinsengumi member Yozaburo Kawai. It is said that he died in the 2nd year of the Meiji era. Eisada's isaku is also designated as an important sword, and is a great swordsman at the end of the Edo period.

06/20/2026

06/20/2026

$7,500
2 Hizen Tadayoshi

05/23/2026

Hizen Masahiro

05/18/2026

Heianjo Ishido Masatoshi
Shoho era (1645-1648)
75.4 cm
NBTHK Tokobetsu Hozon (sword)
Fujishiro Matsuo Kanteisho dated 1992
NTHK-NPO Kanteisho certificate (Koshirae)
NTHK-Certificate (Fuchi-Kashira)
NTHK Kanteisho Certificate (Tsuba)