{"id":25875,"date":"2025-03-06T17:49:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T08:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=25875"},"modified":"2025-03-13T10:40:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T01:40:48","slug":"as23655-katana-mumeiunsignedkozori-schoolnbthk-tokubetsu-hoozn-token","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/25875\/as23655-katana-mumeiunsignedkozori-schoolnbthk-tokubetsu-hoozn-token\/","title":{"rendered":"AS23655 Katana: Mumei(Unsigned)(Kozori school)(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hoozn Token)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Katana in Shirasaya with Koshirae (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hoozn Token)<\/p>\n<p>Inscription: Mumei(Unsigned)(judged as Kozori, \u5c0f\u53cd\u308a)<\/p>\n<p>We divide works in to Saijo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku,and Regular Saku.<br \/>\nThis piece is ranked as Jyojyo Saku for Mumei(Kozori school). <\/p>\n<p>Habaki: silver single habaki<br \/>\nBlade Length: 64.0cm ( in)<br \/>\nCurvature:  1.9cm (in)<br \/>\nWidth at Base(Motohaba): 2.53cm(in)<br \/>\nWidth at tip(Sakihaba): 1.91cm(in)<br \/>\nThickness: 0.46cm (in)<br \/>\nBlade Weight: 490g <\/p>\n<p>Era: the early Muromachi period<br \/>\nShape: Slightly think O-suriage Mumei blade with sharp Kissaki.<br \/>\nJigane: Ko-itame hada with utsuri<br \/>\nHamon: Ko-nie base regular Gunome midare with pointed Boshi. <\/p>\n<p>Features: Kozori was a swordsmith school in Bizen Osafune from the Nanbokucho period to the early Muromachi period aroune Ouei. <\/p>\n<p>Koshirae: Toppei style Koshirae with silver fittings<br \/>\nTsuba: Silver plate carved with a picture of a plum tree, a waterfall and figures.<br \/>\nFuchikashira: silver plate, carved with trees and figures with color inlay.<br \/>\nKojiri: silver plate with a picture of a pine tree and an old man.<br \/>\nMenuki: a picture of an old man riding on horse back and a dragon. <\/p>\n<p>From Aoi-Art: The silver and green color uniform Koshirae is nice. The figures on the fittings are supposed to be part of a story. The sword is old and interesting piece. <\/p>\n<p>NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate (will be issued later)<br \/>\nAoi-Art estimation Paper<br \/>\nwhole Oshigata<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23655-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23655-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"28%\" height=\"28%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23655-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23655-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23655-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23655-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23655koshirae.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23655koshirae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"18%\" height=\"18%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23655paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23655paper-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c60%\" height=\u201c60%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23655paper-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23655paper-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c60%\" height=\u201c60%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23655sayagaki.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23655sayagaki.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"30%\" height=\"30%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/tokuho.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/tokuho.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40%\" height=\"40%\" \/><\/a>   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katana in Shirasaya with Koshirae (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hoozn Token) Inscription: Mumei(Unsigned)(judged as Kozori, \u5c0f\u53cd\u308a) We divide works in to Saijo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku,and Regular Saku. This piece is ranked as Jyojyo Saku for Mumei(Kozori school). Habaki: silver single habaki Blade Length: 64.0cm ( in) Curvature: 1.9cm (in) Width at Base(Motohaba): 2.53cm(in) Width at [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-25875","product","type-product","status-publish","hentry","product_cat-katana-en","product_cat-sword-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/25875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}