Kikuichimonji・菊一文字・KamisoriA vintage Showa period kamisori crafted by Kikuichimonji Freshly Restored. Kikuichmonji is a company that still exists today, going back on a famous swordsmith that founded a blacksmithing school in Nara in 1267. He was granted the right to put the imperial sign on his swords the Chrysanthemum or Kiku in Japanese. Thats the source of the Name of the company. We added a Rattan handle wrapping and lacquered it with several layers of Urushi. Includes a

made by the Meikou Honzonkai

A rare vintage kamisori by Ikkansai・一貫斎

Wer did not attach a handle wrapping as this Sakura already Handle gives a perfect grip and is just to beautiful to be hidden

- This is New Old Stock

Hideriyama in Kyoto

Engraved on the lid is an Ukiyo-e woodblock print of Kuniyoshi`s "The grand wrestling match between Kawazo Saburo Sukeyasu ( right ) and Matano Goro Kagehisa"

also called "Tsume" or "Kototsume" essential for playing the Japanese Koto instrument

On the lid it shows an ukiyo-e engraving of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi`s "Suffering from pain courtesan of the period" out of the series "32 feminine faces of everyday life" from 1888

musume fu) from his series The Connoisseur of Present-day Customs (当世風俗通 tosei fuzoku tsu) from around 1790

A medium sized Kamisori (Icho-Gake)

A Medium sized Kamisori with a very long cutting edge - nothing for beginners

around 100 years or older old and shave ready coming with its original box