{"id":27737,"date":"2025-07-30T12:03:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T03:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=27737"},"modified":"2025-08-07T05:12:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T20:12:14","slug":"as25285-katana-noshu-seki-ju-kanetokinbthk-hozon-token","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/27737\/as25285-katana-noshu-seki-ju-kanetokinbthk-hozon-token\/","title":{"rendered":"AS25285  Katana: Nosh\u016b Seki-j\u016b Kanetoki(NBTHK Hozon Token)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Katana in Shirasaya (NBTHK Hozon Token)<\/p>\n<p>Signature: Nosh\u016b Seki-j\u016b Kanetoki<br \/>\n\u6fc3\u5dde\u95a2\u4f4f\u517c\u8fb0<\/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 Jyo Saku (above average work) among the works of Nosh\u016b Seki-j\u016b Kanetoki.<br \/>\nHabaki: Double-layered plain copper<br \/>\nBlade Length: 2 shaku 3 sun 8 bu (72.1 cm \/ 28.39 in)<br \/>\nCurvature: 4 bu 5 rin (1.36 cm \/ 0.54 in)<br \/>\nMekugi Hole: 1<br \/>\nWidth at Base (Motohaba): 3.32 cm (1.31 in)<br \/>\nWidth at Tip (Sakihaba): 2.35 cm (0.93 in)<br \/>\nThickness of rim (Kasane): 0.73 cm (0.29 in)<br \/>\nSword Weight: 855 g<br \/>\nEra: Late Muromachi to early Edo period<br \/>\nShape: A wide and thick blade with a robust form, featuring a bo-hi and a soe-hi carving.<br \/>\nJigane: Itame-hada with a visible grain and ji-nie, showing well-forged jigane.<br \/>\nHamon: Nie-based with pointed gunome-midare, forming a subdued and calm hamon. The boshi is also well-forged.<\/p>\n<p>Features: Kanetoki of Nosh\u016b Seki was a swordsmith active from the late Warring States period through the Azuchi-Momoyama to the early Edo period.<br \/>\nThis piece has substantial weight and features impressive carvings of bo-hi and soe-hi.<br \/>\nIt reflects the transition to the peaceful Edo era.<\/p>\n<p>NBTHK Hozon Token Certificate<br \/>\nAoi Art estimation paper: Whole Oshigata<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25285-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25285-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"30%\" height=\"30%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25285-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25285-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"30%\" height=\"30%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25285-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25285-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"30%\" height=\"30%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25285paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25285paper-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40%\" height=\"40%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25285paper-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25285paper-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40%\" height=\"40%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25285sayagaki.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25285sayagaki.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40%\" height=\"40%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25285_p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25285_p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"70%\" height=\"70%\" \/><\/a\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katana in Shirasaya (NBTHK Hozon Token) Signature: Nosh\u016b Seki-j\u016b Kanetoki \u6fc3\u5dde\u95a2\u4f4f\u517c\u8fb0 We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku. This piece is ranked as Jyo Saku (above average work) among the works of Nosh\u016b Seki-j\u016b Kanetoki. Habaki: Double-layered plain copper Blade Length: 2 shaku 3 sun [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-27737","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\/27737","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=27737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}