Nihonto

Samurai Swords and their mountings. This room is still small and will grow as more pages are written.

Both sides of the tang just below the blade: the start of the signature on one, a chrysanthemum crest and the character ichi on the other.

Die Chrysantheme unter dem GriffTango no Kami Kanemichi · Wakizashi · Shinogi-zukuri · Shinto · NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon

Both points of the Enju wakizashi side by side on black.

Der zugesprochene NameEnju · Wakizashi · Shinogi-zukuri · Koto · NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon

The closed mounting on black: saya and hilt of dark ironwood, the kozuka set into the saya and a beaded guard between them.

Eine Montierung aus HolzIga no Kami Kinmichi (zugeschr.) · Tanto · Nagamaki-zukuri · Shinto

More blades

The katana in its old black koshirae, the hilt wrapped in black over rayskin, a cord tied at the mouth of the saya.

Die Provinz vor dem NamenHizen Kunihiro (Signatur) · Katana · Shinogi-zukuri · Shinto

The wakizashi by Tsunahiro shown from both sides on black, the points meeting at the left, patches of hardening spread across the whole blade.

Feuer über der KlingeSoshu Tsunahiro · Wakizashi · Shinogi-zukuri · Koto

Hilt and tsuba of the wakizashi: an iron tsuba pierced with leaves, a pale blue-grey wrap over rayskin and a turtle menuki beneath it.

Wo die zwei Hälften sich treffenMino Kanenaga · Wakizashi · Hira-zukuri · Koto

The tang of the wakizashi below a copper habaki, one peg hole and the signature Sagami no Kami Kunimasa cut in five characters.

Zwischen Osaka und IyoSagami no Kami Kunimasa · Wakizashi · Hira-zukuri · Shinto · NBTHK Tokubetsu Kichō

Close view of the blade: itame grain with mokume rings above a soft notare hamon.

Zweierlei MaserungFujishima (zugeschr.) · Wakizashi · Hira-zukuri · Koto

The tanto in its aikuchi mounting: a dark lacquered saya with a kozuka and a hilt covered in pale rayskin, without a tsuba.

Was das Datum versprichtOsafune Kagemitsu (Signatur) · Tanto · Hira-zukuri · Koto

The tanto in its mounting, cut out: a brown saya in raised bands, an iron kozuka with a flowering vine, a small iron tsuba and a hilt wrapped in black silk.

Kirschblüten am KnaufMino Kanetaka · Tanto · Koto

The kashira carved with peonies and leaves in relief over the dark blue silk of the hilt.

Was die Politur genommen hatBishu Osafune Morimitsu · Tanto · Hira-zukuri · Koto