{"id":27784,"date":"2025-08-02T10:53:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T01:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=27784"},"modified":"2025-08-02T12:51:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T03:51:32","slug":"as24612-katanamori-yoshichika-nbthk-hozon-token","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/27784\/as24612-katanamori-yoshichika-nbthk-hozon-token\/","title":{"rendered":"AS24612   Katana:Mori Yoshichika (NBTHK Hozon Token)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Katana in Shirasaya with Koshirae (NBTHK Hozon Token)<\/p>\n<p>Inscription: Mori Yoshichika<br \/>\nSh\u014dwa 3 Nen Ch\u016bsh\u016b (Mid-Autumn, 1928)<br \/>\n\u68ee\u826f\u8fd1\u3000<br \/>\n\u662d\u548c\u4e09\u5e74\u4ef2\u79cb<\/p>\n<p>Sayagaki: Used during the Enthronement Ceremony in 1928 (Showa 3).<\/p>\n<p>We divide works in to Saijo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku,and Regular Saku.<br \/>\nThis piece is ranked as Jyojyo Saku for Mori Yoshichika.<br \/>\nHabaki: Single copper Habaki with gold color.<br \/>\nBlade Length: 63.9 cm (25.2in)<br \/>\nCurvature (Sori): 2.2 cm (0.9 in)<br \/>\nWidth at the Hamachi: 2.6 cm (1.0 in)<br \/>\nWidth at the Kissaki: 1.7 cm (0.7 in)<br \/>\nThickness (Kasane): 0.6 cm (0.2 in)<br \/>\nBlade Weight: 440g<br \/>\nEra: 1928<br \/>\nShape: slightly thin blade with deep curveture and small Kissaki.<br \/>\nJigane: Koitame hada looks plain<br \/>\nHamon: Suguha with thin Nioikuchi <\/p>\n<p>Features: Mori Yoshichika (also known as Minamoto Yoshichika) was a swordsmith active in the early 20th century. He was highly regarded for the sharpness of his blades and is said to have been favored by the renowned martial artist Nakayama Hakud\u014d.<\/p>\n<p>Koshirae: Tachi sytle Koshirae<br \/>\nSaya (Scabbard): Gold Nashiji lacquered saya with Kiri crest in gold maki-e<br \/>\nMenuki: Design of Kiri crest<\/p>\n<p>NBTHK Hozon Certificate<br \/>\nAoi-Art estimation Paper<br \/>\nwhole Oshigata<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24612-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24612-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24612-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24612-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24612-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24612-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24612koshirae.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24612koshirae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24612paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24612paper-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c60%\" height=\u201c60%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24612paper-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24612paper-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c60%\" height=\u201c60%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24612sayagaki.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24612sayagaki.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"30%\" height=\"30%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24612_p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24612_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) Inscription: Mori Yoshichika Sh\u014dwa 3 Nen Ch\u016bsh\u016b (Mid-Autumn, 1928) \u68ee\u826f\u8fd1\u3000 \u662d\u548c\u4e09\u5e74\u4ef2\u79cb Sayagaki: Used during the Enthronement Ceremony in 1928 (Showa 3). We divide works in to Saijo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku,and Regular Saku. This piece is ranked as Jyojyo Saku for Mori Yoshichika. Habaki: Single copper [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-27784","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\/27784","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=27784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}