{"id":27571,"date":"2025-07-17T10:31:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T01:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=27571"},"modified":"2025-07-17T10:31:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T01:31:34","slug":"as23618-katana-mumei-uda-schoolnbthk-hozon-token","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/27571\/as23618-katana-mumei-uda-schoolnbthk-hozon-token\/","title":{"rendered":"AS23618 Katana: Mumei (Uda school)(NBTHK Hozon Token)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Katana in Shirasaya with Koshirae(NBTHK Hozon Token)<br \/>\nSignature: Mumei (Uda, \u5b87\u591a)<\/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 Regular Saku among Mumei (Uda) swords.<\/p>\n<p>Habaki: Made of plain copper colored in gold.<br \/>\nBlade Length: 69.2 cm (27.24 in)<br \/>\nCurvature: 1.0 cm (0.39 in)<br \/>\nMekugi Hole: 3<br \/>\nWidth at Base (Motohaba): 2.92 cm (1.15 in)<br \/>\nWidth at Tip (Sakihaba): 1.93 cm (0.76 in)<br \/>\nThickness of rim (Kasane): 0.61 cm (0.24 in)<br \/>\nSword Weight: 675 grams<\/p>\n<p>Era: late Muromachi period, 16th century<br \/>\nShape: Almost straight normal-sized blade with wide Shinogi.<br \/>\nJigane: Koitame hada<br \/>\nHamon: Konie base Suguha with Koashi and Uchiyoke. Boshi is Hakikake with Kinsuji. <\/p>\n<p>Features:<br \/>\nThe Uda school was a group of swordsmiths who moved from Yamato Province to Etch\u016b and flourished from the late Kamakura period through the Edo period. Works made before the \u014cei era are referred to as Ko-Uda, while those made after are simply called Uda. This piece is believed to date from around the 16th century, a time when warfare was widespread across Japan, and it offers an enjoyable sense of age.<\/p>\n<p>Koshirae:<br \/>\nTsuba: iron base carved with a design of plants<br \/>\nMenuki: design of hand drum<br \/>\nFuchikashira: Shakudo base with arabesque <\/p>\n<p>NBTHK Hozon Certificate<br \/>\nAoi Art estimation paper: Whole Oshigata<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23618-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23618-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"25%\" height=\"25%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23618-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23618-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"23%\" height=\"23%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23618-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23618-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"26%\" height=\"26%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23618koshirae.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23618koshirae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23618paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23618paper-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c60%\" height=\u201c60%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23618_p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23618_p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c70%\u201d height=\u201c70%\u201d \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katana in Shirasaya with Koshirae(NBTHK Hozon Token) Signature: Mumei (Uda, \u5b87\u591a) We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku. This work is ranked as Regular Saku among Mumei (Uda) swords. Habaki: Made of plain copper colored in gold. Blade Length: 69.2 cm (27.24 in) Curvature: 1.0 [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-27571","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\/27571","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=27571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}