19c shakudo Japanese sword KOZUKA bird moon temple

19th century Japanese kozuka (sword knife) handle with multimetal inlays depicting a night scene of crescent moon with a bird in flight by a stone temple lantern and a stream. The body is made out of

19th century Japanese kozuka (sword knife) handle with multimetal inlays depicting a night scene of crescent moon with a bird in flight by a stone temple lantern and a stream. The body is made out of

19th century Japanese bronze kozuka (sword knife) handle depicting a dragon wrapped around a temple sword with Buddhist thunderbolt handle, all on finely textured ground called nanako, which means &#8

Early 19th century Japanese bronze kozuka (sword knife) handle with relief decoration of a Nio with billowing scarf above his head, all on finely textured ground called nanako, which means “fish

Early 19th century Japanese sword kozuka (sword knife) handle depicting a dragon wrapped around a temple sword with Buddhist thunderbolt handle, all on a punched ground. Excellently designed clever pi

One 19th century Japanese kozuka (sword knife) handle with low relief decoration of sarumawashi - a traveling monkey trainer - on the front, and the back with incised monkey dressed as a Sambaso dance

19th century Japanese kozuka (sword knife) handle with multimetal inlays depicting butterflies in flight among vines with leaves and double gourds. Excellent crisp work, beautifully textured ground te

19th century Japanese kozuka (sword knife) handle depicting a lobster and some fishing implements including a straw raincoat and a woven ring. Superb crisp work - see the fine textures of the crustace

19th century Japanese kashira (metal pommel at the end of the hilt of a sword) with multimetal inlays depicting various flowers among golden foliage. Body of the kashira is shakudo (alloy of copper an

Reserve Reduced! 19th century Japanese kashira (metal pommel at the end of the hilt of a sword) with multimetal inlays depicting various flowers among golden foliage. Body of the kashira is shakudo (a

19th century Edo period Japanese kashira (metal pommel at the end of the hilt of a sword) with finely worked chrysanthemums and gilded branch. Made out of shakudo (alloy of copper and gold) with chara

19th century Japanese kashira (metal pommel at the end of the hilt of a sword) with multimetal inlays depicting various flowers among golden foliage. Body of the kashira is shakudo (alloy of copper an

18th to early 19th century Japanese sword fuchi (bordering piece between the sword guard and the handle) with relief design of several temple rooftops and overlaid gold details of deciduous trees, pin

Early 19th century Japanese sword kozuka (sword knife) handle imitating a tsuka (actual Japanese sword handle) with relief decoration of a dragonfly. Excellent design, superb crisp detailing - see fin

Pair of early 19th century good size Japanese sword menuki each depicting a riding crop - the one with dark patina with abumi (stirrup), the gilded one with a long tailed bird on a wooden bucket. Supe

Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) small Japanese bronze scroll weight in a shape of a kozuka (sword knife) handle with incised decoration of a tiger in a bamboo grove, design continuing on the back. N

JAPANESE TANTO SHORT SWORD - Carved wood handle features a foo dog menuki (one is missing), tsuba has inlaid decoration of florals, a bird, and crescent moon. Blade is signed. Sheath features dragons,

Suguha temple line, 28" cutting edge, 37" whole length, shakudo fuchi and kashira with original lacquer saya

Japanese Sword, the 27" blade with a tsuba, appearing as copper, approx. 3" x 3.75" depicting at the handle or tsuka side appearing as a duck and rooster and foliage, at the blade side foliage, each s

Japanese temple sword hand forged trationally. Made for a shrine. Aquired after the war. Cutting length is 33.1/2 inches, over all lenght 48 inches. Wonderful wide wavy temper line. Choji Hamon with a

Antique Samurai Sword;Wakizashi With Kozuka And Full Fitting Wakizashi with Kozuka ans full fitting Rare Shobu-Zukuri shape Muromachi Period or early Wakizashi Period 22.5" blade Old shira saya with s

Arts & Crafts Japanese Shakudo and gold bird ring Depicting two birds among blooming flowers; 1890s 14k yellow gold, silver, copper Ring size 7.25; Gross weight 10.2 dwts This work wil

LIVEAUCTIONEERS BIDDERS, PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE TO VIEW PHOTOS OF THE TANG AND SIGNATURES, THEY ARE AT THE END AND DID NOT FIT IN TO THIS PLATFORM FORMAT, AS WELL AS OTHER ABUNDANT CLOSEUP IMAGES. T

Wakizashi Samurai Sword Assortment (3) items including a 9.25-inch blade with snake skin and rope handle, wood and brass scabbard with attached Kozuka (tang not examined), a 10.25-inch blade with snak