{"id":27310,"date":"2025-06-25T10:34:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T01:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/product\/27310\/as25238-%e7%9f%ad%e5%88%80%ef%bc%9a%e5%bb%a3%e6%b3%89\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T10:35:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T01:35:18","slug":"as25238-%e7%9f%ad%e5%88%80%ef%bc%9a%e5%bb%a3%e6%b3%89","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/27310\/as25238-%e7%9f%ad%e5%88%80%ef%bc%9a%e5%bb%a3%e6%b3%89\/","title":{"rendered":"AS25238  Tanto\uff1aKosen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tanto in Koshirae<\/p>\n<p>Signature: Kosen<br \/>\n\u5ee3\u6cc9<\/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 Kosen.<br \/>\nHabaki: Single-layer gold-covered<br \/>\nBlade Length: 18.2 cm (7.17 in)<br \/>\nCurvature: 0.0 cm (0.00 in)<br \/>\nMekugi Hole: 1<br \/>\nWidth at Base (Motohaba): 1.67 cm (0.66 in)<br \/>\nThickness of Rim (Kasane): 0.56 cm (0.22 in)<br \/>\nSword Weight: 70 g<br \/>\nEra: From the mid to late Muromachi period<br \/>\nShape: A small tanto signed &#8220;Hiroizumi&#8221;, likely not listed in reference directories.<br \/>\nJigane: Well-forged ko-itame hada with a tight grain and visible utsuri.<br \/>\nHamon: Nioi-deki in a straight-line style. The boshi is thin but beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>Features: This is a compact tanto with a tight and refined straight-line hamon showing utsuri. Although the maker seems to be unlisted, the signature is well done. The jigane is tightly forged and shows an attractive surface texture.<\/p>\n<p>Koshirae: Aikuchi Koshirae<br \/>\nFuchikashira: Made of horn<br \/>\nSaya (Scabbard): Glossy black lacquered saya<br \/>\nKozuka: Shibuichi with carved grass design in katakiribori, signed &#8220;Enju Munetoshi&#8221;<br \/>\nMenuki: Shakudo with a raised design of a horse<\/p>\n<p>Aoi Art Estimation Paper with Whole Oshigata<br \/>\n*Please note: The price does not include shipping fees<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25238-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25238-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25238-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25238-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25238-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25238-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25238koshirae.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25238koshirae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25238paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25238paper-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c60%\" height=\u201c60%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25238paper-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25238paper-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c60%\" height=\u201c60%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25238sayagaki.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25238sayagaki.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"30%\" height=\"30%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25238_p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25238_p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c70%\u201d height=\u201c70%\u201d \/><\/a\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tanto in Koshirae Signature: Kosen \u5ee3\u6cc9 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 Kosen. Habaki: Single-layer gold-covered Blade Length: 18.2 cm (7.17 in) Curvature: 0.0 cm (0.00 in) Mekugi Hole: 1 Width at Base [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-27310","product","type-product","status-publish","hentry","product_cat-sword-en","product_cat-tanto-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/27310","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=27310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}