Iaido Holiday

Historical Background Despite his life going on a downward spiral by the twist of fate, Okada Izo was a skilled Samurai warrior. Being a natural-bo...

Historical Background Saito Hajime(February 18, 1844 - September 28, 1915) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, who most famously served ...

Historical Background Sakamoto Ryoma was a leader of the movement to overthrow the Tokugawa Shogunate during the late Edo period, best known as th...

Historical Background Sanada Yukimura (1567-June 3, 1615) was a samurai who was active from Azuchi-momoyama period to the early Edo period. He and ...

The Bonji Koshirae features sanskrit letters on metal fittings, such as the silver-plated brass fuchi and kashira, iron-made tsuba and silver-plate...

In Japan, various patterns involving the mythical creature of the dragon have been used since ancient times. In particular coiled dragons known as ...

Gemon is a Buddhist gatha. This Koshirae features a verse that Buddha said to one of his ten principal disciples, Mahakasyap. The quote is 法本法無法，無法...

The Guribori Koshirae features a swirling design in the fuchi, kashira and menuki which are made of brass. The tsuba is made of iron with a matchin...

The Hachi No Su Koshirae features a wasp design in the fuchi, kashira and menuki which are all made from brass. The tsuba is iron-made with a fine ...

This Hiranami Koshirae features silver-plated brass Fuchi/Kashira and an iron-made Tsuba with a stormy sea-wave theme, and silver-plated brass carp...

This Hon Higo Koshirae features an oxidized brass higo style fuchi and kashira and an iron-made tsuba with a higo niju-sando theme. The menuki feat...

This Kago Koshirae features silver-plated brass Fuchi/Kashira with baskets theme and an iron-made, bamboo leaves tsuba which matches with the Fuchi...

The Sakura Higo Koshirae features blackened brass fuchi and kashira with a gold-inlaid cherry blossom theme and an iron tsuba with sukashi-style ch...

This Tombo Koshirae features silver-plated brass fuchi and kashira, an iron-made tsuba and silver-plated brass menuki with dragonflies which was sy...

This Yaguruma Koshirae features arrows on all of the metal fittings. The tsuba is made of iron, with a wheel of arrows design and Fuchi/Kashira, wh...