{"id":27496,"date":"2025-07-10T16:20:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T07:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=27496"},"modified":"2025-07-10T16:27:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T07:27:24","slug":"af25253-kozukamumeiunsigned%ef%bc%88kenjo%ef%bc%89nbthk-tokubetsu-hozon-tosogu","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/27496\/af25253-kozukamumeiunsigned%ef%bc%88kenjo%ef%bc%89nbthk-tokubetsu-hozon-tosogu\/","title":{"rendered":"AF25253  Kozuka:Mumei(Unsigned)\uff08Kenjo\uff09(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kozuka:Dragon and tiger(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu)<br \/>\nSignature: Mumei(Unsigned)\uff08Kenjo\uff09<br \/>\n\uff08\u9855\u4e57\uff09<\/p>\n<p>Dimension:\u30009.62cm x 1.46cm x 0.79cm (3.79in x 0.57in x 0.31in)<\/p>\n<p>Era: the early Edo period<\/p>\n<p>Features:<br \/>\nA design of a dragon and tiger in gold on a nanako ground of shakud\u014d.<\/p>\n<p>From Aoi Art:<br \/>\nKenj\u014d is considered to be the same person as Masatsugu. He also signed as \u201cRihei\u201d and is known for founding the Rihei family line. However, upon the death of his elder brother Eij\u014d\u2014the 6th head of the main Goto family\u2014in Genna 3 (1617), he succeeded as the 7th-generation head of the main Goto line. A master artisan (reference: Kink\u014d Jiten, p. 310).<br \/>\nKozuka with such high-relief and sculptural depth are exceedingly rare. This is a superbly crafted masterpiece.<\/p>\n<p>In Kiri Box<br \/>\nNBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu<br \/>\nAoi Art estimation paper<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/fittings\/2025\/F25253.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/fittings\/2025\/F25253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/fittings\/2025\/F25253paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/fittings\/2025\/F25253paper-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kozuka:Dragon and tiger(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu) Signature: Mumei(Unsigned)\uff08Kenjo\uff09 \uff08\u9855\u4e57\uff09 Dimension:\u30009.62cm x 1.46cm x 0.79cm (3.79in x 0.57in x 0.31in) Era: the early Edo period Features: A design of a dragon and tiger in gold on a nanako ground of shakud\u014d. From Aoi Art: Kenj\u014d is considered to be the same person as Masatsugu. He also [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-27496","product","type-product","status-publish","hentry","product_cat-fittings-en","product_cat-kozuka-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/27496","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=27496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}