{"id":27585,"date":"2025-07-18T11:20:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T02:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/product\/27585\/as24767-katana-unshu-ju-toshihiro-saku-korenbthk-hozon-token\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T11:23:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T02:23:18","slug":"as24767-katana-unshu-ju-toshihiro-saku-korenbthk-hozon-token","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/27585\/as24767-katana-unshu-ju-toshihiro-saku-korenbthk-hozon-token\/","title":{"rendered":"AS24767   Katana:  Unshu Ju Toshihiro (NBTHK Hozon Token)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Katana in Shirasaya with Koshirae (NBTHK Hozon Token)<\/p>\n<p>Signature:<br \/>\nUnshu Ju Toshihiro Saku Kore \u96f2\u5dde\u4f4f\u4fca\u5ee3\u9020\u4e4b<br \/>\nKeio 3 Nen 8 Gatsu Kichijitsu \u6176\u5fdc\u4e09\u5e74\u516b\u6708\u5409\u65e5(August, 1867)<\/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 for Unshu Ju Toshihiro.<\/p>\n<p>Habaki: Single-layered gold-covered habaki<br \/>\nBlade Length: 69.3 cm (27.28 in)<br \/>\nCurvature: 1.2 cm (0.47 in)<br \/>\nMekugi Hole: 1<br \/>\nWidth at Base (Motohaba): 3.11 cm (1.22 in)<br \/>\nWidth at Tip (Sakihaba): 2.03 cm (0.80 in)<br \/>\nThickness (Kasane): 0.79 cm (0.31 in)<br \/>\nSword Weight: 860 grams<\/p>\n<p>Era: Edo period, 1867<br \/>\nShape: slightly wide and thick blade with small curveture and long kissaki.<br \/>\nJigane: Fine ko-itame looks like a plain surface.<br \/>\nHamon: tight nioi-base gunome midare with Ashi. <\/p>\n<p>Features:<br \/>\nShinshinto: Good work: Izumo<br \/>\nUnshu Ju Toshihiro was a swordsmith who lived in Matsue and was a student of Takahashi Naganobu.<\/p>\n<p>Koshirae:<br \/>\nTsuba: Mokko-shaped iron tsuba with traces of inlay remaining in places.<br \/>\nFuchikashira: Shakudo base carvedd  with a tiger and leopard in relief with dot inlay. Signed: Kiyoie<br \/>\nMenuki: Design of bamboo leaves.<\/p>\n<p>NBTHK Hozon Token Certificate<br \/>\nAoi Art estimation paper with whole oshigata<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24767-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24767-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"23%\" height=\"23%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24767-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24767-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24767-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24767-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"22%\" height=\"22%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24767koshirae.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24767koshirae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"22%\" height=\"22%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24767paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24767paper-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c60%\" height=\u201c60%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24767_p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24767_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: Unshu Ju Toshihiro Saku Kore \u96f2\u5dde\u4f4f\u4fca\u5ee3\u9020\u4e4b Keio 3 Nen 8 Gatsu Kichijitsu \u6176\u5fdc\u4e09\u5e74\u516b\u6708\u5409\u65e5(August, 1867) We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku. This work is ranked as Jyojyo Saku for Unshu Ju Toshihiro. Habaki: Single-layered gold-covered habaki [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-27585","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\/27585","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=27585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}