Episode 4: DESIGN -PLANT①- Welcome back to the Tsuba Archives. We appreciate your interest in antique Japanese sword mountings. From this time, we would like…
Episode 3: DESIGN -ANIMAL②- Welcome back to the Tsuba Archives. We appreciate your interest in antique Japanese sword mountings. Continuing from the last time, we…
Episode 2: DESIGN -ANIMAL①- Welcome back to the Tsuba Archives. We appreciate your interest in antique Japanese sword mountings. Divers motifs are designed on Tsuba.…
Welcome to the Tsuba Archives. We appreciate your interest in antique Japanese sword mountings. As the title mentioned, this time, we would like to introduce…
As you may know, our shop is handling authentic Japanese swords most of which come with the certificate. NBTHK(Nihon Bijutsu Tohken Hozon Kyoukai) and NTHK(Nihon…
Episode 8: Sword Mountings: All You Need to Know About KOSHIRAE – SAYA, TSUBA, and so forth Welcome back to another episode of Katana Archives.…
Episode 7: HAMON (Blade-Waves) When you look into a Katana, you will notice the glistening, elegant waves on the blade in a very second. It…
Episode 6: The Signature of Japanese Swordsmith Welcome back to another episode of Katana Archives. Today, we would like to talk about one of the…
【Episode 5】What is TAMA-HAGANE? Japanese blacksmithing has over a millennium of history. It dates back to the 1st century A.D. when ancient blacksmiths studied template…
【Episode 4】Japanese Sword Appraisers in Modern Times: NBTHK / NTHK Given these pieces of information in the previous episodes, you might have wondered: “Is there…