{"id":26999,"date":"2025-06-01T12:15:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T03:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=26999"},"modified":"2025-06-01T12:15:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T03:15:02","slug":"as25106-katana-faint-inscription-of-yasumitsu-osafune-yasumitsu-nbthk-hozon-token","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/26999\/as25106-katana-faint-inscription-of-yasumitsu-osafune-yasumitsu-nbthk-hozon-token\/","title":{"rendered":"AS25106 Katana: faint inscription of Yasumitsu (Osafune Yasumitsu )(NBTHK Hozon Token)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Katana in Shirasaya (NBTHK Hozon Token)<\/p>\n<p>Sokomei(faint signature): Yasumitsu (Osafune Yasumitsu )<\/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 works attributed to Osafune Yasumitsu.<\/p>\n<p>Habaki: copper plate colored in silver<br \/>\nBlade Length: 67.8 cm (26.69 in)<br \/>\nCurvature: 2.1 cm (0.83 in)<br \/>\nMekugi Hole: 3<br \/>\nWidth at Base (Motohaba): 2.79 cm (1.10 in)<br \/>\nWidth at Tip (Sakihaba): 1.56 cm (0.61 in)<br \/>\nThickness of rim (Kasane): 0.69 cm (0.27 in)<br \/>\nSword Weight: 555 g<br \/>\nEra: the early Muromachi period around Ouei around 1400<br \/>\nShape: slightly wide and deeply carved blade with Ubu-nakago<br \/>\nJigane: Itame with clear grain pattern with Utsuri<br \/>\nHamon: Suguha and Ko-gunome with Ashi, Yo, Sunagashi and Kinsuji. Boshi is rounded. <\/p>\n<p>Features:\u3000Osafune Yasumitsu is regarded, alongside Morimitsu, as one of the two leading swordsmiths of Ouei Bizen, which is Osafune school in the early Muromachi period.<br \/>\n&#8220;Sokomei&#8221; refers to a state in which only faint traces of the signature remain on the tang, and this blade is registered as mumei (unsigned).<br \/>\nThis particular work is unusually long for a blade by Yasumitsu, making it a rare example. Its workmanship is excellent, and it is regrettable that the signature has only partially survived.<\/p>\n<p>NBTHK Hozon Certificate<br \/>\nAoi Art estimation paper<br \/>\nWhole Oshigat<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25106-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25106-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\" height=\"35%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25106-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25106-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"24%\" height=\"24%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25106-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25106-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"24%\" height=\"24%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25106paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25106paper-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40%\" height=\"40%\" \/><\/a><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25106_p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25106_p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"70%\" height=\"70%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katana in Shirasaya (NBTHK Hozon Token) Sokomei(faint signature): Yasumitsu (Osafune Yasumitsu ) 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 works attributed to Osafune Yasumitsu. Habaki: copper plate colored in silver Blade Length: 67.8 cm (26.69 in) Curvature: [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-26999","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\/26999","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=26999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}