Samurai Sword

Samurai Sword Chair by kar Dimensions: W 44 x D 51.5 x H 110 cm Materials: MDF Frame, Fabric Kar, is the root of Sanskrit Karma, meaning karmic repetition.

A quite wonderful, relatively large Tsuba - Japanese Samurai sword hand guard often circular, sometimes square, which emerged as an essential part of Japanese sword craftsmanship dur...

To the right a figure sitting with what seems to be a samurai sword. Amazing scene. Measure: 36 cm.

Fabulous rectangular Japanese earthenware Satsuma plate with Samurai sword. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Japanese Style: Satsuma Region of Origin: Japan Per...

A quite wonderful, relatively large Tsuba - Japanese Samurai sword hand guard often circular, sometimes square, which emerged as an essential part of Japanese sword craftsmanship dur...

Between these windows, the surface is decorated with motifs of samurai swords and other precious objects, symbolizing the warrior class and its associated values of honor and prestig...

A quite wonderful, intricately crafted, evocative Tsuba - Japanese Samurai sword hand guard often circular, sometimes square, which emerged as an essential part of Japanese sword cra...

The combination of ceremonial robes, samurai swords, and attendant imagery gives the set a refined narrative quality that works exceptionally well in modern interiors, libraries, stu...

A Japanese antique katana tansu, or samurai sword storage chest, made entirely of kiri, also known as paulownia wood.

These techniques are recorded as having been used prior to the 18th century to decorate Samurai swords, but with the advent of the Meiji Period (1868-1912), Japanese sword makers tur...

These techniques are recorded as having been used prior to the 18th century to decorate Samurai swords, but with the advent of the Meiji Period (1868-1912), Japanese sword makers tur...

These techniques are recorded as having been used prior to the 18th century to decorate Samurai swords, but with the advent of the Meiji Period (1868-1912), Japanese sword makers tur...

These techniques are recorded as having been used prior to the 18th century to decorate Samurai swords, but with the advent of the Meiji Period (1868-1912), Japanese sword makers tur...

For this reason, the squirrel-and-grape motif was highly valued in samurai families and used extensively to decorate the handguards of samurai swords.

True to tradition, the warrior carries his daishō (the pair of samurai swords, katana and wakizashi), a symbol of his status and his warrior’s soul.

During the Meiji era, Japan opened to the West, and master metalworkers transitioned from making samurai swords and armor to creating high-end decorative art for international exhibi...

The presence of a male protagonist is a rarity in European Japonaiserie of this period, which typically favored female figures — a samurai, sword at his side, watching his child's wh...

A wonderful, beautifully aged sukashi (openwork) Tsuba - Japanese sword hand guard often circular, sometimes square, which emerged as an essential part of Japanese sword craftsmansh...

Derived from stingray skin, this richly textured material first appeared in 13th-century Japan, prized for its durability and tactile grip on samurai sword handles. But its transform...

A wonderful, beautifully aged, relatively large Mokko Gata shaped Tsuba - Japanese sword hand guard often circular, sometimes square, which emerged as an essential part of Japanese s...

A wonderful, beautifully aged Tsuba - Japanese sword hand guard often circular, sometimes square, which emerged as an essential part of Japanese sword craftsmanship during the Heian ...

A wonderful, beautifully aged Tsuba - Japanese sword hand guard often circular, sometimes square, which emerged as an essential part of Japanese sword craftsmanship during the Heian ...

A wonderful, beautifully aged Tsuba - Japanese sword hand guard often circular, sometimes square, which emerged as an essential part of Japanese sword craftsmanship during the Heian ...

A wonderful, beautifully aged Tsuba - Japanese sword hand guard often circular, sometimes square, which emerged as an essential part of Japanese sword craftsmanship during the Heian ...

A wonderful, beautifully aged Saotome Tsuba (The Saotome were a well known school of armor makers originating in the late Muromachi Period and working well into the Edo Period) - Jap...

A wonderful, beautifully aged Tsuba - Japanese sword hand guard often circular, sometimes square, which emerged as an essential part of Japanese sword craftsmanship during the Heian ...

A wonderful, beautifully aged sukashi (openwork) Tsuba - Japanese sword hand guard often circular, sometimes square, which emerged as an essential part of Japanese sword craftsmanshi...

A wonderful, beautifully aged Tsuba - Japanese sword hand guard often circular, sometimes square, which emerged as an essential part of Japanese sword craftsmanship during the Heian ...

A wonderful, beautifully aged Tsuba - Japanese sword hand guard often circular, sometimes square, which emerged as an essential part of Japanese sword craftsmanship during the Heian ...

Derived from stingray skin, this richly textured material first appeared in 13th-century Japan, prized for its durability and tactile grip on samurai sword handles. But its transform...

A wonderful, beautifully aged Tsuba - Japanese sword hand guard often circular, sometimes square, which emerged as an essential part of Japanese sword craftsmanship during the Heian ...

Derived from stingray skin, this richly textured material first appeared in 13th-century Japan, prized for its durability and tactile grip on samurai sword handles. But its transform...

Derived from stingray skin, this richly textured material first appeared in 13th-century Japan, prized for its durability and tactile grip on samurai sword handles. But its transform...

Derived from stingray skin, this richly textured material first appeared in 13th-century Japan, prized for its durability and tactile grip on samurai sword handles. But its transform...

A wonderful, beautifully aged Tsuba - Japanese sword hand guard often circular, sometimes square, which emerged as an essential part of Japanese sword craftsmanship during the Heian ...

The lacquered shagreen surface reveals the underlying natural texture of the skin beneath its rich, dark sheen—a technique adapted directly from the construction of samurai sword hil...

Shibuichi was commonly used in samurai sword fittings and decorative inlays, valued for its understated elegance and ability to harmonise beautifully with gold, shakudo, and other ma...

The horizon line where the azure sea met the brilliant sky was razor sharp, like a samurai sword’s blade. Captivated by this startling yet oddly familiar scene, I felt I was gazing o...

The horizon line where the azure sea met the brilliant sky was razor sharp, like a samurai sword’s blade. Captivated by this startling yet oddly familiar scene, I felt I was gazing o...

A fantastic and rare early Japanese Kendo (The Samurai Way/Path of the Sword) martial arts set of protective armor/armour including the Men (mask), Do (torso/bust protector) and Tare...

A fantastic and rare early Japanese Kendo (The Samurai Way/Path of the Sword) fencing martial arts protective armor/armour Men (mask).

However, for a period, netsuke were not worn by the Samurai class but rather cultivated by merchants who held them in high regard, comparable to the Samurai’s reverence for their swo...

Interestingly, Fukurikuju was rendered in a typical Samurai attire completed with a sword. The boy attendant appears to be mortal with his typical Edo-period hairdo and outfit.

On the first side, there is a man on horseback, who is drinking from the stream. A samurai accompanies him, his sword in hand. Next to the pine tree are the things they would have le...