Chainmail was worn in many cultures from Europe to East Asia and was found to be effective against sword blows. The basic form of chainmail is made of iron rings, often riveted in an interlocking patt[...]
Rare and Quite Unusual Antique Tsuba and Tanto of Heianjo type and Naga Maru Gata type from the Edo Period. With the typical Heianjo Tsuba decoration (leaves and scrolls) in Shakudo (with brass).
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Superb, Edo Period Sukashi Tsuba, with Shakudo decoration (with traces of gold) with a Monkey and a bird in the pines.
Materials: Iron
Finish: Sukashi
Shape: Naga Maru Gata (oval)
Dimensions: 8.[...]
Japanese Wakizashi sword, 17th century blade mounted in shirasaya. Tsuka braided in cream silk on an orange silk with gold threads. Menukis representing the mon of the Tokugawa clan. Tsuba in wrought [...]
JAPAN - Edo period (1603-1868) Half-mask of samurai called "Mempo" in wrought iron decorated with lines reproducing wrinkles. Pronounced chin, movable nose, holes for a horsehair moustache (missing), [...]
Exceptional Christian tsuba from the AKITO SHOAMI school, Edo period. A cross on each side in gold; tsuba with gold inlays. Tsuba for Katana. Diameter of 8.2 cm. Shipping costs not included.
Japan, early EDO period, circa 1610. Zunari helmet (kabuto) with 3 plates in black lacquered iron, neck protector (shikoro), hineno with 5 lamellae, laced in brown, beige and green. Central ornament ([...]
JAPAN - Etsuki Shinto School, 17th century. Japanese Wakizashi sword. Black silk braided tsuka on white shagreen. Menukis depicting silver and gilded wild boars. Marugata tsuba in openwork iron, engra[...]
armor that belonged to the third generation of the okabe family of the kishiwada domain, the eldest son of nabukatsu okabe armor completely in suite of type oegawa do gusoku early edo 1660,1680 do:
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Superb yasurime mask engraved with parallel lines
early 17th century
combat piece with large opening of the face
beautiful tare in kiritsuke kozane
laced petroleum color blue green
black lacquer [...]
The “khanjar” is a type of dagger originating from Persia and widely adopted in most Islamic cultures. Besides its functional use, the “khanjar” was also worn to indicate rank or social status. The mo[...]
Rare Tsuba, Tate Ito Gata type (Christian cross), with a Tsuchime Ji hammered finish.
Materials: Iron
Finish: Tsuchime Ji (the surface of the Tsuba is hammered).
Shape: Tate Ito Gata, square in [...]
Superb, old Tsuba with a Shakudo air dragon decoration, in the rare “Awa Gata” style, with twisted border.
Materials: Iron
Finish: Tsuchime Ji (the surface of the Tsuba is hammered).
Shape: Awa [...]
Japanese Katana sword, the blade mounted in shirasaya - Early Edo (mid-17th century). Straight blade, regular and straight hamon. Braided tsuka, black silk on white shagreen. Menukis depicting golden [...]
JAPAN, KUSARIGAMA, EDO period (1603 - 1868) From the 17th to the 19th century. Kobudo weapon composed of a KAMA + Chain + Weight. Traditional Japanese weapon consisting of a KAMA (Japanese equivalent [...]
Feudal Japan, pair of stirrups for Samurai called "ABUMI", Mid-EDO period, 1603 - 1868, 17th - 18th century. Abumis were used from the 5th century by the Samurai class of feudal Japan. Stirrup in open[...]
Iron tsuba in the shape of Mokko Gata, (four-lobed) with a bas-relief motif of chrysanthemum flowers whose pistil is enhanced with gold. The two openings Kogai bitsu and Kozuba bitsu are identical in [...]
Suji bachi kabuto with 62 blades, signed Joshu-JU Saotome IEHARU Period, like all Saotome : early Edo, around 1650 Impeccable construction and finishes This helmet is representative of the superior r[...]
Set of two tsuba from the Edo period. One is decorated with a landscape with a willow and the other with a decoration of a butterfly and a chrysanthemum. Dimensions of the first 7 cm. Dimensions of th[...]
Lot of two tsuba, from the Edo period. One is decorated with a landscape. Dimensions: 7.6 x 7.4 cm The other is decorated with tembon. Dimensions: 8.2 x 8.2 cm
Lot of two tsuba from the Edo period. A shoji-patterned tsuba. Dimensions 6.9 x 6.6 cm. A very thick iron tsuba with a thickness of 1.4 cm. Dimensions 7 x 7 cm.
superb combat helmet of heavy finish
Early edo 17 th
32 plates with their original Koboshi rivets
Shikoro in kiritsuke kozane navy blue
tehen in 7 parts
maedate in brass from the 19th
family mon[...]
Iron tsuba representing Darouma. Decor inlaid with copper, gold and silver. Tsuba signed, but the name of the blacksmith is illegible. Edo period. Dimensions: 8.7 x 8.2 cm
Samouraï Kabuto type 12 ken Il date du début de la période Edo 17ème siècle Casque en fer naturel avec 12 lattes et 62 grands rivets SHIKORO (couvre-cou) à 5 degrés en fer laqué noir et tressage en pl[...]
TSUBA Maru Gata
Japan, Edo period (1603-1868)
Copper
H. 7.8; L 7.8 cm; Thickness 3 mm
H. Nakago-ANA: 2.6 mm
Openwork tsuba with scrolling foliage motifs.
Seppa Dai signed.
Ref : 3830
Tex[...]
Spear or Japanese yari from the 16th-17th century Edo period. The blade is sharp and polished and the shaft (in bamboo) and the scabbard are lacquered (black relief). The blade has a straight temper l[...]
Cut iron tsuba. Decor of dragons and sacred pearls. Inside the beads, tiny iron balls are movable. The style is called Namban. This kind of tsuba is little represented without however being rare. But [...]
Japanese sword hilt (tsuba) in cut iron and damascened with gold (nunome-zogan). The metal is finely carved with dragons chasing the sacred pearl in the Namban style. The pearl is pierced and contains[...]
tsuba representing utensils useful for calligraphy brush, ink stone, paper and ink block.
It is in steel covered with lacquer and gold line with a stylization of a dragon on the ink block.
It is fro[...]
Tsuba in shakudo (copper and gold alloy) representing a tiger in a bamboo forest. It is signed by Fujinaka who is a nagasaki tsuba maker from hizen province. His style resembles the style of the Ichir[...]
Steel tsuba for tanto.
representing a shinto priest sweeping near a tree of temple (which carries the shimenawa, cord delimiting the profane world of the sacred world).
there is a mixture of various[...]
Iron marugata tsuba decorated in marubori sukashi and inlaid in gold nunomezogan of a dragon in the clouds. Signed Hikone jū Eshū Soheishi Nyudō Soten (I or II) Late 17th early 18th century
KATANA GUARD, called tsuba
Japan, Edo period (1603-1868)
Iron, copper, silver and brass
H. 8.5 cm, W 8 cm, D 0.4 cm
Signed
In its box
Tsuba maru gata with two seated figures wearing silv[...]
A heavy and resistant wooden jingasa; on the outer part a brown lacquer and a circle of gold lacquer showing some damage on the tip of this headgear
The inner part is a red lacquer painting of two dr[...]
mempo with strong wrinkles and a very pronounced chin, the teeth are golden and very prominent. the nose is removable, and it has a hole in the chin to let sweat through. the gorget is in three parts [...]
Tosei gosoku Japanese samurai armor with do in kebiki-odoshi Suji-kabuto type helmet with thirty-six plates (Kanbun period) Edo period late 18th century XVII - early century XVIII
Dimensions: cm 160
SAMURAI ARMOR signed and en suite
Japan, 17th century, Edo period (1603-1868)
Natural iron, lacquer, wood, fabric, horsehair and silk laces
Complete armor composed of a helmet called kabuto, wit[...]
splendid and heavy helmet with nails type koboshi
62 plates, with 30 standing rivets per blade
superb alignment of rivets and good and heavy manufacture from the late 17th
fukurins en suite on the[...]
Antique Menpo from the beginning of the Edo era (17th century)
The exterior is black lacquered and embellished with a mustache and a red lacquered beard on the inside.
Yodarekake (throat protec[...]
Superb, rare and authentic ancient Sanjyurokken Suji Kabuto, with his Maedate "Shishi". With a Shinobi No O (tie cord) and an Ukebari (fabric lining made from helmet) and an Agemaki (rear cord, braide[...]
old menpo from the beginning of the 17th
very solid steel of high quality of protection
Russet iron finish structure
tare of recenter time after the period edo
suji bashi helmet of 62 plates
saotome school and made and signed by "saotome iye shika" heavy manufacture still to serve in the fight
fukigaeshi on the mabezashi and the fukurin en suite
about end[...]
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