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Japanese Edged Weapons

Katanas/tachis

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Important Gendai Katana in Shirasaya
Japanese Katana, Early Shinto
Fine Japanese Gendai Katana, ca. 1930, by Jumyo
Meiji-period Japanese Carved Bone and Brass Mounted Tachi, ca. Late 19th C.
Rare Early Showa Period Civilian Samurai-style Katana, ca. 1920’s-30’s

Wakizashis

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Japanese Hira Zukuri-style Ko-wakizashi
Japanese Wakizashi, Koto
Japanese Wakizashi, Late Koto or Early Shinto, ca. 1600-1650
Signed Shinto-period Wakizashi in Original Shirasaya
Shinto period, Ca. 1750 Wakizashi
Rare Koto-period Nagamaki Naoshi Pole-arm, Remounted as Wakizashi
Very fine Wakizashi, Signed Izumi no Kami Kanisada
A Rare Kamakura/Muromachi Period Nagamaki Naoshi Wakizashi, ca. 1300-1400
Shinto Period O Wakizashi

Tantos

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Japanese Tanto in Full Polish
A Fine Shinshinto-period Tanto, ca.1800, in Original Mounts
A Fine Shinshinto-period Tanto, ca.1800, in Original Mounts
A Superb Digned and Dated Shinshinto Tanto
An Excellent Shinshinto Period Japanese Ubu Mumei Tanto
Japanese Carved Bone Mounted Tanto, ca. 1900
An Outstanding Signed Shinshinto Tanto with Original Mounts (sans kodzuka), ca. 1850

KoDzukas

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Edo-period Japanese Kozuka Blade, Signed Kunisada
Edo-period Japanese Kozuka Blade, ca. 1750, Signed Yamashiro no kami Nyudo Kazutora
An Edo Period Kodzuka with Signed Blade
A Japanese Edo Period Kogai

Military Patterns

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Japanese Kyu Gunto, Unidentified Pattern
Fine WWII-period Gendai Shin Gunto, Masayusu
Fine Gendai Katana by Highly Rated WWII Swordsmith (Kunitada)
Fine Japanese Hand-made (Gendai) Katana by the Respected Smith Mano Masayasu (4th seat 1941 Exhibition)  in Rare High Quality WWII Navy Officer's (Kai Gunto) Mounts, ca. 1940
Very Fine Signed Kanemoto-style Katana, Koto-period ca. 1550
A Fine Japanese Hand-made (gendai) Katana by the Respected Smith Ichiryushi (Nagamitsu), ca. 1944, in Quality Near-mint 1944 WW2 Army Officer's (shin gunto) Mounts
Outstanding Gendai Naval Tachi by Kunimori
A Fine Japanese Hand-made (gendai) Katana by the Respected Smith Ichiryushi (Nagamitsu), ca. 1944, in Quality Near-mint 1944 WWII Army Officer's (shin gunto) Mounts
A Japanese Showa-period Naval Gendai Katana
A Fine Showa-period Army Officer's Shin Gunto
A Rare Japanese M1895 Naval Prison Guard/Shore Patrol Katana
WW2 Period Japanese Gendai Katana, Kanemitsu
WW2 Period Japanese Gendai Katana, Sashu ju Masauji
WW2 Period Japanese Katana, Seki ju Fukuda Kanetake Saku
WW2 Period Japanese Katana, Mantetsu
WWII Period Army Officer’s Shingunto Mounted Katana
Original WWII Period Samurai Style Mounted, Katana, Signed
An Original Late War M1940 Shin-gunto (Naval Landing Force) Katana
A Signed Original WWII Period Kai Gunto Navy Officer's Katana
A Japanese Hannin Level Colonial Taiwan Official's Sabre

Yaris/yanones

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Scarce Signed Japanese Four-sided Yanoni Point, Edo period, ca. 1800
Scarce Signed Japanese Four-sided Yanoni Point, Edo-period, ca. 1700
Four-sided Unsigned Japanese Yanone, Edo period
Four Sided Japanese Yanone, Unsigned, ca. 1750-1800
A Matched Pair of Edo Period Japanese Yanones

Polearms

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Japanese Kusarigama
Edo-period Japanese Naginata Pole-arm, ca. 1650-1675
Original Edo Period Japanese “Tomiguchi” Fireman's Axe/Samurai Weapon, ca. 18/19th C.

Dirks

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A Japanese Police Dirk, ca. WWII

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