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We sincerely thank everyone who visited our booth at the 2025 Dai Token Ichi. Here is a look back at our exhibits and scenes from the event.

Explore the rare futoji-mei Nobuie tsuba with Baika and karakusa design, once in the Shibata Ka Collection and recorded in “Nobuie Tsubashu”. This masterwork of deep black iron expresses the samurai’s aesthetic of “beauty in mass,” showcased by gallery youyou at the 2025 Dai Token Ichi.

A large, rare Hanare-mei Nobuie tsuba without hitsu-ana, representing the essence of samurai aesthetics through the strength and quiet dignity of iron. Featured at the 2025 Dai Token Ichi, this masterpiece embodies Nobuie’s philosophy of “beauty in mass.”

Discover a rare signed tsuba by Hayashi Shigemitsu, the second generation of the Hayashi school of Higo Kinko. This “Clouds and Yatsuhashi” sukashi tsuba, inspired by The Tales of Ise, reflects the refined wabi-sabi aesthetic and individuality of Edo-period craftsmanship, to be exhibited at the 2025 Dai Token Ichi.

Discover a Juyo tosogu by Hirata Hikozō, the founder of the Higo Kinko, to be exhibited at the 2025 Dai Token Ichi. Learn about his life, artistry, wabi-sabi aesthetic, and the “Warabite Sukashi” tsuba listed in Higo Kinko Taikan.

What are tosogu, sword fittings?