Specialised Iaito

An elegant, simple and sturdy daisho set of tachi and kodachi designed specifically for Kendo Kata practice. The blades are made from a specially r...

Miyamoto Musashi is probably the one of the best known Japanese Ronin not only as the undefeated swordsman but also as the author of 'The Book of F...

The Byakko Satsuma Koshirae Iaito features imagery famous throughout the Satsuma domain (modern day Kyushu) on the fuchi and kashira, as well as sp...

Date Masamune(September 5, 1567 - June 27, 1636) was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama period through early Edo period. Heir to a long line...

Historical Background Sanada Yukimura (1567-June 3, 1615) was a Japanese samurai, and second son of the Sengoku period daimyo Sanada Masayuki (1544...

Uesugi Kenshin was one of the many powerful lords of the Civil War period of Japan in Echigo province. He is famed for his prowess on the battlefie...

Ieyasu was the founder and the first Tokugawa Shogunate and was enshrined at Nikko with the name Tosho Daigongen. This Sohayano Tsurugi Koshirae sw...

Count Katsu Kaishu(1823-1899) was a Japanese naval officer and statesman during the Late Tokugawa shogunate and the Meiji period, and is particular...

Maeda Toshimasu, better known as Maeda Keiji, was a Japanese samurai of the Civil War Period through early Edo Period. When the Tokugawa challenged...

Tozando, in cooperation with Hyosho Taisha-ryu's Yamamoto Takahiro Shihan, is proud to present this Premium Higo Koshirae Iaito to celebrate the Sa...

Okada Izo was actually a skilled Samurai warrior but his life was corrupt by the twist of fate. Being a natural born swordmaster, he could invent t...

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

Kunishige often signed "Settsu no Ju Ikeda Kijinmaru Kunishige(a knife of Ogre, made by Kunishige in Ikeda, Settsu prefecture)" on his Katana not o...

Abarenbo Shogun, translated as Rowdy Shogun, is the long-running television series drama that features the eighth Tokugawa Shogun, Yoshimune hides ...

Hijikata Toshizo (May 31, 1835 - June 20, 1869) was the deputy leader of Shinsengumi, a small-built and talented Japanese military leader who resis...

The blade Akechi Koshirae is known as a treasure of the Akechi clan and this version is a faithful reproduction of the original family treasure tha...

Kunishige often signed "Settsu no Ju Ikeda Kijinmaru Kunishige (a knife of Ogre, made by Kunishige in Ikeda, Settsu prefecture)" on his Katana not ...

This is a simple, yet elegantly practical koshirae designed in manner of the Satsuma samurai of the Bakumatsu period. This is an extra-long iaito t...

Tokugawa Yoshimune was the eighth Shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, ruling from 1716 until his abdication in 1745, and his biggest challen...

A Dotanuki(literally means "sword that cuts through torsos") is a Japanese swordmithing school and the sword design was first developed by the mast...

Dotanuki was originally a sword smithing school originating in a village of the same name in Higo Province. Renowned for their practicality and no-...

Tsukahara Bokuden was a famous swordsman of the civil war period, widely known as the sword saint. He was the founder of a new Kashima style, and s...

Miike Tenta was a renown swordsmith in Chikugo prefecture in the late Heian era and is better known as Mitsuyo. The characteristics of his sword is...

Hattori Hanzo (1542 - 1596), also known as Hattori Masanari, was a famous Samurai of the Warring States era. Born a vassal of the Matsudaira (later...