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         Tanaka Masatoshi  Keio Ni Tora-bo (1866)                            Yokoya                                      Yurakusai Sekibun

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May                19 - Iron Pastoral Scene Tsuba

May                18 - Ko Shoami  Tsuba

May                17 - Kiminori Tsuba

May                13 - THIRTY THREE HOUR SALE  ENDED

                             - Nagoyamono Tsuba Reduced                                   

May                12 - Addition to Umetada Sheet Gold Tsuba                  SOLD        

                             - Aizu Kanetomo katana

May                10 - Edo Hojoji Katana

                             - Katana Signed Kunihiro

May                  9 - Mori Daimyo Nobukuni Katana

May                  7 - Myochin Ceremonial Fireman's Ax

                             - Sasaki Ippo - Bail Out Sale

May                  6 - Tsuka / Ko Kinko F-K / Shakudo Menuki

May                  5 - WWII Jungle Cover for Katana

May                  4 - Shibuichi & Wakizashi Tsuba

                             - Yamagane Ko Kinko Tsuba - Muromachi

May                  2 - Review of The April Chicago Sword Show

                             - Kabuto Hachi Needs a New Home SALE -    SOLD

April              30 - Godai Jingo Tsuba

April              23 - Hirata Hikozo Tsuba

April              22 - Higo Jingo Shinchu Water Dragon

                             - SALE  Akasaka Tsuba 

April              21 - Higo Jingo Dragon Tsuba

                            - Kabuto Hachi Needs a New Home                  SOLD

April              20 - Hizen Tadahiro Tsuba                                       SOLD

                            - Rare Owari Tanto Tsuba

April              17 - Momoyama Owari Tsuba

April              16 - Third Generation Shimizu Jingo Tsuba

April              10 - Heianjo Matsudaira Mon Tsuba

April                1 - Koto Mumei Wakizashi for Martial Artist    SOLD

March            27- Shinshinto Aiguchi - Good koshirae                SOLD

March           26 - Matchlock - Relisted                                         No Longer Available

March            16 - Two Higo Kamiyoshi Tsuba                              SOLD 

March            10 - Higo Hayashi Tsuba

March             8 - Shinshinto Aiguchi - Good koshirae                 SOLD

March             6 - Shigeiye Shinsaku Addtional Information        SOLD

March             5 - Ko Senjuen Tachi

                            - Early Kyosukashi Tsuba

March             4 - Strong Akasaka Tsuba

March             3 - Shigeiye Shinsaku Wakizashi

March             2 - Muromachi Jidai Kabuto Hachi

March             1 - Izumi Shinsaku Sukashi Tsuba

February      28 - Yoshioka Terutsugu, Seventh Yoshioka Master

                           - Recommended Translations by Marcus Sesko

February      27 - Umetada Sheet Gold Tsuba                                               SOLD

February      26 - Chinese Xian Feng Zhong Bao 50 Cash Coin                  SOLD

February      16 - Large Well Done Nagoyamono Tsuba

                           - Masayoshi Serpent Tsuba                                                   SOLD

January        30 - Hizen Tadamasa Katana - Blow out Sale                          SOLD

January          3 - Sasaki Ippo Yoroidoshi  

December     30 - Shakudo Horse Menuki                                                     SOLD

December     20 - KOZORI BIZEN SUKEMITSU ADDED TO SALE      ENDED

December     18 - CHRISTMAS - NEW YEAR SALE                                 ENDED

December     15 - Matsudaira Mon Sukashi Tsuba

December     14 - Muneyuki Shakudo Tsuba

                           - Dragon on Waves

                           - Akao Boat Rudder Tsuba                                                 SOLD

December     10 - Hamano Noriyuki

                           - Murakami Jochiku

December      8 - Tsuchiya Morichika Tsuba

                          - Ko Mino

December      3 -  Higo Kamiyoshi Fukunobu Tsuba 

November    21 - Hidari Kaneyasu Katana                     SOLD

November    18 - Early Edo Waki Goto Menuki & Kozuka

November    17 - Kaneiye Style Tsuba - Large

                          -  Ito Sukashi Tsuba

November    12 -  Kyoto Tamba Yoshimichi                     SOLD

November    10 - Sukemitsu Aiguchi                                 SOLD

November      9 - Lark and Crescent Moon Tsuba 

November     8 - Shakyamuni Buddha Menuki 

October      22 - Meibutsu Token - Homotsu no Nihonto  SOLD

October      20 - W. A. Compton Catalog - Japan Gallery Exhibition

October      19 - Give another look to Medical Bills, and Now Tax Sale

October      18 - Crow and Crescent Moon Tsuba 

October      17 - Sasaki Ippo Yoroidoshi

October      14 - Matchlock - Munekage 1658

October      13 - Kuroi Raku Chawan                  SOLD

                         -  Akai Raku Chawan                   SOLD

October        7 - Crow and Crescent Moon Tsuba

                         Nara Shibuichi Tsuba                                SOLD

October        4 - Jumyo katana                                         SOLD

September  29 - Gotta Love Those Medical Bills Sale

September  25 - Hosokawa Tadamasa REDUCED

September  22 - Navaho Ganado Rug - Older

September  16 - Ko Ichimonji Price Reduced

September  14 - Hojoji Masahiro

September 13 - Kawachi no Kami Kunisuke

September  11- Mumei Koto Uda Tanto

September   9 - Hojoji Masahiro - Sho Dai Wakizashi

September   7 - Ko Tosho Tsuba

August       12 - Yagyu Distant Pines Tsuba                   SOLD

August       10 - Momoyama Kokinko Sanmai Tsuba    SOLD

August        9 - Akasaka Anchor Tsuba

                       - Geometric Pattern Kinko Tsuba           SOLD

August        8 - Mounted Koto Wakizashi                       SOLD

                       - Hawk and Chidori Tsuba                       SOLD

August        7 - Large Jumon Sukashi Tsuba                 SOLD

July          21 - Mumei Shinto Mino Wakizashi

June         28 -  New Information on Dragon On Waves Tsuba

June         27 -  Gendai Kanesada Added to Super Duper Sale

June         24 -  Aiguchi Added to Super Duper Sale

June         13 - Jumyo Katana

June           9 - Hamano Nara Fuchi-Kashira                 SOLD  

June           2 - Oil Painting by Walter Quirt Added to Art Page  No Longer Available

May          29 - Tea Bowl by Sachimori                         SOLD

May          28 - Tea Bowl by Sachimori Boxed & Hakogaki  SOLD

May          27 - Kaeri Zuno & Kurikata Tadpoles       SOLD

May          26 - Hamadashi Tsuba                                  SOLD

May          22 - Shinto Wakizashi                                   SOLD

May          20 - Omi Ju Kaneiye Tsuba

May          10 - Mempo                                                             SOLD

May            6 - Dragon On Waves Tsuba      

May            3 - Tachikaneguchi Tsuba                          SOLD          

April        30  - Link to Joshu Kaneiye Tsuba

April        28  - Omodaka & Chrysanthemum             SOLD 

March      28 - Statue by Alonzo Hauser Recovered & Relisted

                      - Chinese Namban Tsuba                                                      SOLD

                      - Matsudaira Mon Sukashi Tsuba

March      15 - Kyo Sukashi Chrysanthemum Tsuba

March      11 - Jumyo Katana

March      10 - Dragon Tsuba With O-kozuka Hitsu                                 SOLD

                      - Owari Sukashi Matsudaira Mon

March        9 - Higo Yatsuhachi Tsuba                                                        SOLD

March        8 - Ko Bizen Tomasa

March        7 - Higo Kamiyoshi Fukunobu Tsuba 

March        6 - Tachikaneguchi Tsuba

March        4 - Goto Tokujo Solid Gold Menuki                                           Withdrawn

March        3 - Tachikaneguchi Tsuba                                                            SOLD                             

March        2 - Bitchu Aoe Nagatsugu Naginatanaoshi Katana                   SOLD

                      - Higo Kamiyoshi Fukunobu Tsuba 

February  19 - Kyoto Mon Sukashi Tsuba                 

February  18 - Namban Dragons Tsuba                                                      SOLD

                       - Higo Kamiyoshi Fukunobu Tsuba

                       - Hosokawa Mon Kozuka                                                        SOLD

February    3 - Discovery Of Real Sword Cut On Tsuba                             SOLD 

February    3 - Gendai Okuda Kanesada

January     31 - Higo Yatsuhachi Tsuba                                                        SOLD 

January     30 - Muromachi Kagemeshi Tsuba                                             SOLD

                        - Kyoto Tamba Yoshimichi - Shodai  

January     24 - Higo Kamiyoshi Fukunobu Tsuba

January     22 - Bitchu Aoe Nagatsugu Naginatanaoshi Katana                SOLD

January       9 - Kaga Arihira Katana                               WITHDRAWN

January       5 - Uda Katana

December  20 - Kyoto Tamba Yoshimichi - Shodai                                     SOLD

December  16 - Goto Yatagarasu no zu Tsuba                                             SOLD

                        - Bitchu Aoe Nagatsugu Naginatanaoshi Katana                SOLD        

November 26 - Tachi

November 24 - Gendai Okuda Kanesada

November 19 - Yamashiro Kuni Ju Fujiwara Nobu / Katana

November 16 - Chikushi Ryokai Naginatanaoshi    SOLD

                       Daido Tanto                                      SOLD         

November   3 - Kanefusa Aiguchi              REDUCED

                        - Sukemitsu Aiguchi            REDUCED

October     23 - Jingasa Hosokawa Mon    REDUCED

October     18 - Japanese Swordsmiths 2 Vols. by Hawley    SOLD

October     16 - Kozuka by Goto Renjo, 10th Mainline Master

October     15 - Walter Compton Sale Catalogs I & II

 October    13 - Taiheisei Tomonaga Wakizashi      SOLD

 October    12 - Utsushi By Yoshikazu

 October    11 - Goto Denjo Kogai                            SOLD

October       4 - Masanori Tsuba                               SOLD 

September 22 - Chinese Duck Kogai

September 18 - Hosokawa Tadamasa Katana         SOLD

September   8 - Shoami Ikeda Tsuba

September   5 - Naohide Katana                                SOLD

                        - Kogatana With Horimono               SOLD

August        26 - Mihara Naginata Naoshi                 SOLD

 August       25 - Yanagawa Naomitsu                        SOLD

August        21 - Higo Jingo Tsuba                             SOLD

                         - Nobuhide Kama Yari                       SOLD 

August        20 - Dragon On Waves Tsuba

August        19 - Higo Yatsuhachi Tsuba                   SOLD 

                         - Sendai Shakudo Tsuba                    SOLD

August        18 - Goto Hokkyo Ichijo Futokoromono

August        17 - Koto Tanto                                       SOLD

August        14 - Akao Boat Rudder Tsuba

August        13 - Yanagawa Naomitsu Fuchi-Kashira SOLD   

                         - Nara Shigemitsu Tsuba                     SOLD

July               4 - Mihara Naginata Naoshi                  SOLD 

June            19 - Nobuhide Kama Yari                        SOLD 

June            10 - Akasaka Godai Tsuba                        REDUCED

June              8 - Nara Shigemitsu Tsuba                       SOLD 

May            25 - Higo Tsuba                                           SOLD

May            19 - Tosogu Gokebori Meihenshu Sei        SOLD

May            18 - Mino Kinko Tsuba

                         - Nihon To Koza - Translation               SOLD

May            17 - Yokoyama Sukenaga Katana               SOLD

                         - Crab On Bamboo Menuki

May            16 - Tosogu Machibori Meihenshu Sei        SOLD 

May            15 - Kaga Yoshiro Muromachi Tsuba        SOLD 

                         - Kosan Oshigata

May             11- Kanshiro Eagle & Monkey Tsuba

                         - Akasaka Godai Tsuba

 

Let me introduce myself, my name is Andrew Quirt.  Some may know me from my tongue-in-cheek articles, s well as some of a more serious nature, that have appeared in various sword club publications. I have been collecting and dealing in Japanese swords and tosogu for the pat forty plus years.  I served on  he Board of the JSS/US for eight years; have been a member of the NBTHK for more than thirty years; was the vice president  in charge of the Americas for the European section of the NBTHK for three years; and working with Robert Benson,  Paul Davidson, Mike Yamasaki, and others, and with the good will and efforts of Yamanaka San, Suzuki San, both of whom now deceased, and Tanobe Michihiro San of the NBTHK, was able to help form an American Branch of the NBTHK, (NBTHK-AB) in late 2002, which exists today as a non-commercial organization to promote the preservation, study, and appreciation of Japanese swords and their accoutrements.  Nihonto.us is an independent commercial site that is neither associated with, nor endorsed by, any of the organizations with which I am or have been associated.

                                                

                                 Andrew Quirt & Gassan Sadatoshi - 42nd NBTHK Convention - Tokyo

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* Federal Express, DHL, UPS, etc. will incur extra shipping charges.                                                                                 

* Three day, no penalty, inspection on every item within the United States.   International shipments on a case by case basis.

* Returns must be in the same condition as shipped.

* Actual shipping costs will be charged on returned items.

* In the event that a returned item was paid for with a credit card or wire transfer, the actual processing fees will be charged.

* And, no, you do not have to offer a reason for return. If you simply did not like the item is reason enough.

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