Wakizashi (Katana Owari)

The Owari line takes its name from one of feudal Japan’s great sword-making provinces, and this wakizashi carries that restraint into the companion blade. Shorter than the katana but built in the same visual language, it completes the daishō — the long-and-short pairing a samurai wore as a single statement of rank.

Dressed with a wrapped tsuka, a guard at the blade’s throat, and a lacquered saya, the Owari wakizashi reads as the deliberate sibling to the long sword rather than an afterthought. Its mid-length reach makes it the close-quarters partner — the blade worn indoors, drawn when the katana stayed sheathed.

Pair it with the matching Owari katana and a companion Owari tanto to build the full three-blade daishō presentation on a multi-tier stand.