{"id":26309,"date":"2025-04-06T14:34:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T05:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=26309"},"modified":"2025-04-06T14:51:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T05:51:54","slug":"as25022-katana-bishu-osafune-sukesadanbthk-hozon-token","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/26309\/as25022-katana-bishu-osafune-sukesadanbthk-hozon-token\/","title":{"rendered":"AS25022 Katana: Bishu Osafune Sukesada(NBTHK Hozon Token)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Katana in Shirasaya (NBTHK Hozon Token)<br \/>\nSignature: Bishu Osafune Sukesada \u5099\u5dde\u9577\u8239\u7950\u5b9a<\/p>\n<p>We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku.<br \/>\nThis work is ranked as Jyo Saku among the works of Bishu Osafune Sukesada.<\/p>\n<p>Habaki: Single-piece silver habaki<br \/>\nBlade Length: 72.40 cm (28.5in)<br \/>\nCurvature: 2.90 cm (1.1in)<br \/>\nMekugi Holes: 3<br \/>\nWidth at Base (Motohaba): 3.04cm (1.20in)<br \/>\nWidth at Tip (Sakihaba): 2.13cm (0.84in)<br \/>\nThickness (Kasane): 0.71cm (0.28in)<br \/>\nSword Weight: 805g<\/p>\n<p>Era: Late Muromachi period<br \/>\nShape: wide and thick blade with deep curvature.<br \/>\nJigane: Ko-itame hada, well-forged with visible utsuri.<br \/>\nThere are some scratches and forging cracks in places.<br \/>\nHamon: Nie-deki with gunome-midare. The boshi is also midare-komi.<\/p>\n<p>Features:\u3000Osafune Sukesada group was a school of swordsmiths active in the late Muromachi period.<br \/>\nDuring this time, Japan was in the midst of the Sengoku period, leading to a high demand for swords.<br \/>\nMany blades were produced in regions such as Bizen and Mino.<br \/>\nIt is said that there were more than a dozen swordsmiths who used the name Osafune Sukesada. This is sword is long and curved for Sukesada&#8217;s works and has elegant shape. <\/p>\n<p>NBTHK Hozon Token Certificate<br \/>\nAoi Art estimation paper and whole oshigata<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25022-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25022-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"45%\" height=\"45%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25022-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25022-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"23%\" height=\"23%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25022-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25022-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"23%\" height=\"23%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25022paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25022paper-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40%\" height=\"40%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25022_p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25022_p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c70%\" height=\u201c70%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katana in Shirasaya (NBTHK Hozon Token) Signature: Bishu Osafune Sukesada \u5099\u5dde\u9577\u8239\u7950\u5b9a We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku. This work is ranked as Jyo Saku among the works of Bishu Osafune Sukesada. Habaki: Single-piece silver habaki Blade Length: 72.40 cm (28.5in) Curvature: 2.90 cm (1.1in) [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-26309","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\/26309","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=26309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}