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Antique/Old 1661 AD Japanese Samurai Katana Sword -Swordsmith w/‘Daijo’ Title
Antique/Old 1661 AD Japanese Samurai Katana Sword -Swordsmith w/‘Daijo’ Title
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1 ca. 1661 A.D. Japanese Samurai katana sword available. This centuries old Japanese katana would make an important addition to any collection.
This Samurai katana is signed ‘Hizen kuni ju Musashi daijo Fuji(wara?)’. Note that the swordsmith was given the Official Title ‘Daijo’.
The blade measures 25 7/16″ (64.6 cm) from blade tip to notch in the blade spine. The menuki have a floral motif. The tsuba’s design looks to tell a story.
Due to fine surface micro-scratches, the hamon/temper line was hard to see in the photos. In hand, one can see that the temper line is suguha (straight) with the image of Mt. Fuji formed in the hamon on one side of the blade a few inches up from the habaki. The fuchi and kashira are matching ocean wave motifs.
This sword was carried by true Samurai from 1661 A.D. through the end of the Samurai period. Then it was carried again during World War 2.
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RARE WW II Japanese YASUKUNI SHRINE Army Officer Samurai Sword -Old Collection
RARE WW II Japanese YASUKUNI SHRINE Army Officer Samurai Sword -Old Collection
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1 desirable Japanese World War II Yasukuni Shrine sword available. This Japanese Army Yasukuni Shrine sword would make an important addition to any collection.
This sword had a $2600 polish recently. The polish is perfect. The koshirae are perfect as well.
Three characters are still visible–the nakago/tang experienced significant rust. On the signature side, ‘Yasu’ can be read. Two characters of the date can be read on the back side of the nakago. The blade measures 24 7/16″ (62.1 cm) from blade tip to notch in the blade spine.
We have determined that this Yasukuni Shrine sword was made by Yasuoki. There were two shapes at the end of the nakago for Yasukuni smiths. The rounded, instead of pointed, shape rules out a group of Yasukuni smiths. Then, since there are three characters still visible, a comparison can be made of handwriting with the many oshigata available. The ‘Yasu’ character has a unique left slant–peculiar to Yasuoki. This can be confirmed by Shinsa as Yasukuni swords paper by Shinsa. And with this sword in perfect polish, the Shinsa team will have no trouble identifying the workmanship.
The saya is the special textured lacquer lightweight wood saya. Note the ‘harp stamp‘ on the tsuba usually present on Yasukuni Shrine swords.
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RARE ALL WEATHER MOUNTS Japanese WW2 Army Samurai Sword -IIDA LOCK/Old/SADASHIGE
RARE ALL WEATHER MOUNTS Japanese WW2 Army Samurai Sword -IIDA LOCK/Old/SADASHIGE
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1 Japanese World War II Army Officer’s katana which appeared in Fuller & Gregory’s book, A Guide to Showa Swordsmiths. As important, this sword features rare Army mounts. This mount’s variation is referred to as the Iida seal–or the Iida lock, named after its inventor Iida Kunitaro. This exceptional Japanese Army sword would make an important addition to any collection.
This sword was made the 2 Million Yen smith, Sadashige. Imai Sadashige earned the title of Sword Forging Teacher/Special Honor Noted Seat at the 1941 Sword Exhibition. Sadashige is featured on page 150 & 151 in John Slough’s book, An Oshigata Book of Modern Japanese Swordsmiths 1868-1945.
As mentioned, this sword was used as the oshigata example in Fuller & Gregory’s book. Note the oxidation on the nakago matching the oxidation on the oshigata. Also, the original paperwork from Fuller & Gregory comes with this sword.
The blade measures 26 7/8″ (68.3 cm) from blade tip to the notch in the blade spine. The kabutogane/kashira fittings has a Silver Samurai family mon. This family crest is from the Sanga Samurai clan.
The Iida lock is a weather-proofing mount designed to keep water out of the saya. This exceptionally rare mount would make an important addition to any collection. Information on the Iida (IIDA) lock can be found on pages 168 & 169 of Jim Dawson’s book, Swords of Imperial Japan 1868-1945 Cyclopedia Edition. Photos of these two pages can be found to the left.
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RARE—WW II Japanese Army Officer Samurai Sword -Old/Antique Collection -Tassel
RARE—WW II Japanese Army Officer Samurai Sword -Old/Antique Collection -Tassel
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Call St. Croix Blades at 715-557-1688.1 beautiful Japanese World War II Army Officer’s Samurai sword available. The sword blade is an old family blade from the 1660-1670’s A.D. This Japanese Army sword would make an important addition to any collection.
The mounts are in exceptional condition. This sword has a hard-to-find o-choji temper line (large choji).
The nakago/tangi is unsigned. The blade measures 21 3/8″ (54.3 cm) from blade tip to notch in the blade spine. The brown company grade Officer’s tassel is in perfect condition.
The saya is the special textured lacquer lightweight wood Army saya.
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HOT STAMP—WW II Japanese Army Officer Samurai Sword/Old/Antique KOKUIN/MT FUJI
HOT STAMP—WW II Japanese Army Officer Samurai Sword/Old/Antique KOKUIN/MT FUJI
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1 Japanese World War II Army Officer’s Samurai sword with desirable hard-to-find hot stamp (kokuin). This Japanese Army sword would make an important addition to any collection.
The nakago/tangi is signed. The smith was Kanesada. Kanesada also used a hot stamp on his blade’s. Swords with hot stamps are very collectible. The blade measures 27 1/8″ (68.9 cm) from blade tip to notch in the blade spine.
This sword has a rare temper line. The temper line has the image of Mt. Fuji in it located about 3 inches up from the habaki.
There are 8 seppa on this sword.
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Russo-Japanese Kyu-Gunto WW2 Army Officer Samurai Sword -Antique/Old -FAMILY MON
Russo-Japanese Kyu-Gunto WW2 Army Officer Samurai Sword -Antique/Old -FAMILY MON
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1 antique Russo-Japanese/World War II Imperial Japanese Army Samurai Officer’s kyu-gunto sword available. This very fine Japanese Samurai sword would make an important addition to any collection.
The long blade measures 27 13/16″ (70.6 cm) from blade tip to the bottom of the notch in the habaki. The blade is unsigned. The tsuka backstrap has a Silver Samurai family mon. The handle cover is more unusual in that it is made of sharkskin instead of rayskin.
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Rare FOLD-OVER SIGNATURE Samurai Sword -Old/Antique Collection/Japanese
Rare FOLD-OVER SIGNATURE Samurai Sword -Old/Antique Collection/Japanese
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1 antique Japanese Samurai wakizashi sword with hard-to-find folded-over signature available. This desirable sword would make an important addition to any collection.
The tang/nakago on this tanto has a rare folded-over signature. It’s a folded-over inlay–which is a much more difficult signature inlay. Very hard to find. This sword is signed ‘Bishu Osafune Akiyoshi Tadamitsu‘. The sayagaki (saya writing) shows Tadamitsu as well.
The blade measures 18 7/8″ (47.9 cm) from blade tip to the habaki.
The nioi-based hamon is suguha, and is exceptional. I wasn’t able to capture the hamon very well in the photos due to the old state of polish. In hand, the hamon is defined, and beautiful. With sword in hand, as your eye follows the hamon up the blade, the straight hamon splits every so often into to parallel lines for 6-9 mm–and then joins back together. Additional complexity occurs both just above the hamon, and just below. See photos 11 & 12 above for a close look at this complexity. In polish, this sword would be exceptional.
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14th CENTURY Japanese Samurai Sword -Katana -Antique/OLD Collection 4 HOLE TANG
14th CENTURY Japanese Samurai Sword -Katana -Antique/OLD Collection 4 HOLE TANG
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1 old 14th/early 15th Century Japanese Samurai sword available. This katana would make an important addition to any collection. This sword was carried by true Samurai.
This sword was shortened as Samurai styles changed from fighting on horseback to fighting on foot. The signature was cut off when the sword was shortened centuries ago. There are 4 holes in the nakago–this sword was shortened and remounted, shortened and remounted. The kissaki/tip of the sword was just as rusty as the rest of the front portion of the sword before it was worked on. And a healthy boshi (temper line in the kissaki/tip) was revealed. So rust removal was successful in this area. The rest hasn’t been worked on yet. This early sword would be a great project piece for an amateur polisher–there is money to be made on this sword once polished. This sword is priced so that once you put in your time polishing, there is good money to be made when selling it.
The blade measures 24 13/16″ (63 cm) from blade tip to notch in the blade spine.
This sword has a brand new, $600 Japanese-made ho-wood shirasaya (storage scabbard).
