![An Early 17th Century Long Japanese Samurai Sword Katana: A fine Japanese sword, looks early Shinto Period, early to mid 1600s, cutting edge is just over 27 in. overall length 34.3/4 in. The katana is possible Edo Ishido school, the hamon is nanako or boxed](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8693/332862/179646096_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717877769)
Edo Knives & Swords
![An Early 17th Century Long Japanese Samurai Sword Katana: A fine Japanese sword, looks early Shinto Period, early to mid 1600s, cutting edge is just over 27 in. overall length 34.3/4 in. The katana is possible Edo Ishido school, the hamon is nanako or boxed](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8693/332862/179646096_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717877769)
![JAPANESE SAMURAI HELMET BREAKER HACHIWARI: Edo period. Iron, 18 5/8" total length. Curved diamond section blade with a base hook. Tang pierced with a single mounting hole. The current view is that these were parrying weapons capable of catchin](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982171_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![JAPANESE SWORD GUARD TSUBA: Edo Period, for the short sword, wakizashi. Oval, iron, just under 2 1/4" height with rounded rim and single riobitsu. The seppa heavily worked to seat to the blade suggesting that it was remounted in](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982409_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![JAPANESE SWORD GUARD TSUBA: Edo Period, for the long sword, katana. Iron, round/slightly oval as typical, 2 5/8” height with a rounded rim. Two riobitsu. Pierced with four pairs of hearts with dots above and a single furth](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982427_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
News about Edo Knives & Swords
![Salcedo Auctions features fine Philippine art, jewelry March 14-15](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/82171704_1_x-1-1.jpg)
Salcedo Auctions features fine Philippine art, jewelry March 14-15
MAKATI CITY, Philippines – Works by H.R. Ocampo, Arturo Luz, Justin Nuyda and Roberto Chabet, among many others, will be offered at Salcedo Auctions’ Important Philippine Art Sale on Saturday, March 14, on the company’s 10th anniversary. A fine jewelry and watches sale will follow on Sunday, March 15. Bid absentee or live online through […]
![Frida Escobedo tapped to design London’s Serpentine Pavilion 2018](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Serpentine-Pavilion.jpg)
Frida Escobedo tapped to design London’s Serpentine Pavilion 2018
LONDON – Architect Frida Escobedo, celebrated for dynamic projects that reactivate urban space, has been commissioned to design the Serpentine Pavilion 2018. Harnessing a subtle interplay of light, water and geometry, her atmospheric courtyard-based design draws on both the domestic architecture of Mexico and British materials and history, specifically the Prime Meridian line at London’s […]
![Met Museum to show major collection of Edo paintings](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-22-at-11.18.04-AM.png)
Met Museum to show major collection of Edo paintings
NEW YORK – Painting blossomed in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868), as artists daringly experimented with conventional styles. Novel approaches to pictorial art came to Japan from China or the West, and new schools or styles emerged when individual painters stepped outside the rules set forth by established painting academies. The exhibition The Poetry […]
![A Taste of Cuba at Tate Modern’s Wifredo Lam Exhibition, Inside Hollywood’s Surreal Garage Sale, and More Fresh News](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/FeaturedWifredo.png)
A Taste of Cuba at Tate Modern’s Wifredo Lam Exhibition, Inside Hollywood’s Surreal Garage Sale, and More Fresh News
News and updates from around the arts and auction community: The paintings of visionary Cuban artist Wifredo Lam (1902-1982) were last displayed at a London museum in 1952. Tate Modern’s ongoing exhibition is a six-decade retrospective of Lam’s work, with a series of special auxiliary events starting on Monday, Sept. 19. [Read more from […]