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Fuchi and kashira

Left: Higo-style kashira made of buffalo horn.
Right: Fuchi with gold zogan cherry blossoms

Mt. Fuji tsuba

Tsuba for wakizashi, probably Aizu-shoami school. Scene of travellers with Mt. Fuji in the background.
Sakura tsuba

Tsuba for katana, Edo period, double sakura sukashi.
Sakura tsuba

Tsuba for katana, Edo period, sakura sukashi.
Writing box menuki

Menuki, writing boxes for inkstones and brushes.
 
Postcard. Samurai on horseback.
Samurai with yumi
Postcard. Seated samurai with yumi (bow).
 Samurai with yari (spear)
Postcard. Samurai with yari (spear).

Postcard, yoroi.
Unohanaodoshi o yoroi. Toyotomi Hideyoshi's White Threaded Armour
Samurai on horseback

Postcard. Yoroi, Tokugawa period, 1603-1868 from the collection of William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art Kansas City Missouri


Postcard, yoroi.
kendo bout

Postcard. Kendo bout, possibly a military kendo exhibition match.
Samurai on horseback

Postcard. Two kenshi sparring, possibly depicting early form of kendo or a sparring session within one of the koryu that utilised equipment that later became what we today consider typical kendo equipment.





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