{"id":27203,"date":"2025-06-17T10:40:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T01:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=27203"},"modified":"2025-06-17T10:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T01:40:09","slug":"as25115-katana%ef%bc%9ayakuwa-yasutake-kinsaku-nbthk-tokubetsu-hozon-token","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/27203\/as25115-katana%ef%bc%9ayakuwa-yasutake-kinsaku-nbthk-tokubetsu-hozon-token\/","title":{"rendered":"AS25115  Katana\uff1aYakuwa Yasutake Kinsaku (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Katana in Shirasaya (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)<\/p>\n<p>Signature:\u3000<br \/>\nOu Imura Yoshiaki Ju \u5fdc\u98ef\u6751\u6075\u662d\u6c0f\u9700<br \/>\nYakuwa Yasutake Kinsaku \u516b\u936c\u9756\u6b66\u8b39\u4f5c<br \/>\n(Made respectfully by Yakuwa Yasetake upon request from Mr. Iimura Yoshiaki)<br \/>\nShowa 15 nen 8 gatsu Kichijitsu (August, 1978)<br \/>\n\u662d\u548c\u4e94\u5341\u4e09\u5e74\u516b\u6708\u5409\u65e5<\/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 Jyojyo Saku among the works by Yakuwa Yasetake.<\/p>\n<p>Habaki: Single-layered, gold-plated<br \/>\nBlade Length: 74.2 cm (29.21 in)<br \/>\nCurvature: 2.1 cm (0.83 in)<br \/>\nMekugi Hole: 1<br \/>\nWidth at Base (Motohaba): 3.19 cm (1.26 in)<br \/>\nWidth at Tip (Sakihaba): 2.10 cm (0.83 in)<br \/>\nThickness of rim (Kasane): 0.68 cm (0.27 in)<br \/>\nSword Weight: 780 grams<br \/>\nEra: August, 1978<\/p>\n<p>Shape: well balanced blade with slightly deep curveture.<br \/>\nJigane: fine Ko-itame hada<br \/>\nHamon: Choji and Gunome with Ashi and Yo. <\/p>\n<p>Features:<br \/>\nYatsukawa Yasutake was a swordsmith born in 1909 in Yamagata Prefecture. In 1935, he began forging swords at the Nihonto Tanrenkai located within the grounds of Yasukuni Shrine. After World War II, he studied under Tsukamoto Okimasa and continued his swordsmithing career, eventually being designated as a Mukansa (a swordsmith exempt from appraisal). In 1981, he received the Masamune Prize, the highest honor at the annual New Sword Exhibition. He passed away in 1983.<\/p>\n<p>NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate<br \/>\nAoi Art estimation paper: Whole Oshigata<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25115-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25115-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"36%\" height=\"36%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25115-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25115-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"26%\" height=\"26%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25115-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25115-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"26%\" height=\"26%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25115paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25115paper-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40%\" height=\"40%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25115_p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25115_p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c70%\" height=\u201c70%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katana in Shirasaya (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token) Signature:\u3000 Ou Imura Yoshiaki Ju \u5fdc\u98ef\u6751\u6075\u662d\u6c0f\u9700 Yakuwa Yasutake Kinsaku \u516b\u936c\u9756\u6b66\u8b39\u4f5c (Made respectfully by Yakuwa Yasetake upon request from Mr. Iimura Yoshiaki) Showa 15 nen 8 gatsu Kichijitsu (August, 1978) \u662d\u548c\u4e94\u5341\u4e09\u5e74\u516b\u6708\u5409\u65e5 We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku. This [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-27203","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\/27203","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=27203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}