Ryūgyoku Tanto (龍玉) – Dragon Jewel

£278.00

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Ryūgyoku Tanto (龍玉) – Dragon Jewel
Ryūgyoku Tanto (龍玉) – Dragon Jewel
£278.00
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Discover the Ryūgyoku (龍玉) Dragon Jewel tantō, its T10 steel blade hand-engraved with a dragon and its sacred pearl. Hand-sharpened to a razor edge, it is housed in a silver metallic lacquered saya with glittered finish, adorned with a golden dragon with red highlights painted in the maki-e manner. A small silver guard decorated with golden floral garlands and a ichimai habaki in gilded brass bearing a carved dragon head complete this exceptional tantō.

  • Hand-finished throughout
  • High-carbon steel
  • Hand-sharpened blade
  • Functional and decorative

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Ryūgyoku (龍玉): the dragon’s jewel

In the iconography of East Asia, the dragon is rarely depicted alone, it is almost always accompanied by a jewel, the ryūgyoku or hōju. This sacred gem embodies wisdom, prosperity and spiritual power. The dragon guards it, pursues it, or holds it clasped between its claws.

That symbolism runs through every element of this tantō: a dragon and its pearl engraved upon the blade, a golden dragon painted across the saya, and a dragon’s head carved into the habaki.

A hira-zukuri blade in T10 steel with a genuine gunome hamon

The blade is crafted from T10 steel, a high-carbon steel prized for its hardness and edge retention. It has been clay-tempered, a process that produces a clearly visible genuine gunome hamon.

The geometry follows the hira-zukuri tradition (flat-ground, without a longitudinal ridge) as is typical of tantō. Its tricolour mirror polish draws the eye to the engraved dragon and pearl on the body of the blade. No bo-hi is present. The blade is hand-sharpened, a level of artisanal finish that sets it apart from the ordinary.

A silver and gold mounting with floral ornament

The tsuba is a small round guard (maru-gata) in silver-toned alloy with a polished (migaki) ground, decorated with raised golden floral garlands (iroe) and a rounded rim (maru-mimi). A gilded brass seppa accompanies it.

The fuchi and kashira in gilded alloy are finely worked with flowers in relief. The handle combines a wooden core with white faux ray skin, wrapped in a white tsuka-ito in hineri-maki, with gilded menuki. The ichimai habaki in gilded brass is carved with a dragon’s head.

A silver saya with golden dragon

The saya is of solid wood, finished with a glittered metallic silver lacquer, upon which a golden dragon with red highlights has been painted in the maki-e manner. The rounded koiguchi and kojiri (maru) are lacquered silver in keeping with the rest of the saya. The silver-lacquered kurikata with golden shitodome holds a white cotton sageo.

Dimensions and handling

With a blade length of 33 cm and an overall length of 55 cm, Ryūgyoku is a tantō of generous proportions. Its 17 cm handle sits firmly in one hand, while the total weight of 0.7 kg keeps it light and responsive. At 57 cm in its saya, the piece presents its golden dragon to full effect on a display stand.

Additional information

Blade Material: No selection

T10 Steel
Blade colour: No selection

Tricolour mirror-polished steel
Hamon: No selection

With Hamon
Hamon Type: No selection

Genuine gunome hamon achieved through clay-tempering differential hardening
Bo-Hi (棒樋): No selection

No
Scabbard (Saya 鞘): No selection

Solid wood lacquered in glittering metallic silver, bearing a gilded dragon with red highlights, painted in gold tone in the maki-e style; kurikata lacquered in silver with a gilded shitodome.
Sageo (下げ緒): No selection

White cotton hira-sageo, threaded through the kurikata
Handle (Tsuka 柄): No selection

White faux stingray leather and wood
Tsuka-ITO (柄糸): No selection

White, hineri-maki
Menuki (目貫): No selection

Gilded
Guard (Tsuba 鍔): No selection

Small maru-gata tsuba in silvered alloy; migaki ground; raised golden floral garlands in relief (iroe); rounded maru-mimi rim.
Fuchi (縁): No selection

Finely chiselled gilded alloy with raised floral motifs, matching the tsuba
Kashira (頭): No selection

Finely chiselled gilded alloy with raised floral motifs, matching the tsuba
Habaki (鎺): No selection

Ichimai gilded brass, with a hollow-carved dragon head
Blade length (cm): No selection

33
Overall length including handle (cm): No selection

55
Length with scabbard (cm): No selection

57
Handle length (cm): No selection

17
Blade thickness (cm): No selection

0.7
Blade width (cm): No selection

3.2
Weight (kg): No selection

0.7
Package weight (kg): No selection

1

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