{"id":27413,"date":"2025-07-03T12:51:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T03:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=27413"},"modified":"2025-07-03T12:52:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T03:52:01","slug":"as24755-katana-hokke-saburo-nobufusa","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/27413\/as24755-katana-hokke-saburo-nobufusa\/","title":{"rendered":"AS24755 Katana: Hokke Sabur\u014d Nobufusa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Katana: In Koshirae<br \/>\nSignature: Hokke Sabur\u014d Nobufusa \u6cd5\u83ef\u4e09\u90ce\u4fe1\u623f <\/p>\n<p>We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku.<br \/>\nThis piece is ranked as Jyojyo Saku among works by Hokke Sabur\u014d Nobufusa.<\/p>\n<p>Habaki: made of copper<br \/>\nBlade Length: 66.5 cm (26.18 in)<br \/>\nCurvature: 1.9 cm (0.75 in)<br \/>\nMekugi Hole: 1<br \/>\nWidth at Base (Motohaba): 3.13 cm (1.23 in)<br \/>\nWidth at Tip (Sakihaba): 2.28 cm (0.90 in)<br \/>\nThickness of rim (Kasane): 0.7 cm (0.28 in)<br \/>\nSword Weight: 830 grams<br \/>\nEra: Showa period, during wartime<\/p>\n<p>Shape: normal sized blade with a small<br \/>\nJigane: Well-forged ko-itame hada.<br \/>\nHamon: Nie base Suguha mixed with Gunome midare <\/p>\n<p>Features: Hokke Saburo Nobufusa was a swordsmith active during the Showa period. Appointed as an official swordsmith for the Imperial Japanese Army, he produced numerous swords during the war. After the war, he demonstrated exceptional skill and was later recognized as a Mukansa. <\/p>\n<p>Koshirae:<br \/>\nTsuba: Round shaped iron tsuba with openwork carving.<br \/>\nFuchi: Shakudo nanako base with a familycrest of holly.<br \/>\nKashira: Made of horn<br \/>\nMenuki: a picture of Shishi dogs. <\/p>\n<p>Aoi Art estimation paper with whole oshigata<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24755-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24755-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"25%\" height=\"25%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24755-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24755-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24755-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24755-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"22%\" height=\"22%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24755koshirae.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24755koshirae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"22%\" height=\"22%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24755paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24755paper-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c60%\" height=\u201c60%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24755_p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24755_p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c70%\u201d height=\u201c70%\u201d \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katana: In Koshirae Signature: Hokke Sabur\u014d Nobufusa \u6cd5\u83ef\u4e09\u90ce\u4fe1\u623f We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku. This piece is ranked as Jyojyo Saku among works by Hokke Sabur\u014d Nobufusa. Habaki: made of copper Blade Length: 66.5 cm (26.18 in) Curvature: 1.9 cm (0.75 in) Mekugi Hole: [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-27413","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\/27413","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=27413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}