{"id":27795,"date":"2025-08-03T11:20:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T02:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=27795"},"modified":"2025-08-03T11:20:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T02:20:24","slug":"as24730-katana-hokke-saburo-nobufusa","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/27795\/as24730-katana-hokke-saburo-nobufusa\/","title":{"rendered":"AS24730 Katana: Hokke Saburo Nobufusa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Katana in Koshirae<\/p>\n<p>Inscription: Hokke Saburo Nobufusa\u3000\u6cd5\u83ef\u4e09\u90ce\u4fe1\u623f<\/p>\n<p>We divide works in to Saijo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku,and Regular Saku.<br \/>\nThis piece is ranked as Jyo Saku for Hokke Saburo Nobufusa. <\/p>\n<p>Habaki: copper single habaki<br \/>\nBlade Length: 66.6cm (26.22in)<br \/>\nCurvature: 1.2cm (0.47in)<br \/>\nWidth at Base(Motohaba): 3.17cm (1.25in)<br \/>\nWidth at tip(Sakihaba): 2.17cm (0.85in)<br \/>\nThickness: 0.76cm (0.30in)<br \/>\nBlade Weight: 845g<br \/>\nEra: Showa period during wartime<\/p>\n<p>Shape: wide blade with some curvature and long tang.<br \/>\nJigane: Koitame hada looks plain<br \/>\nHamon: Nioibase slanted Gunome and Choji midare with Ashi. <\/p>\n<p>Koshirae:<br \/>\nTsuba: made of iron<br \/>\nFuchikashira: modern one<br \/>\nMenuki: a depict of three leaves of hollyhock.<br \/>\nFeatures: Hokke Sabur\u014d Nobufusa (Takahashi Noboru) was a swordsmith active during the Sh\u014dwa period. Appointed as an official swordsmith by the Japanese Army, he produced many blades before and during the war. After the war, he demonstrated exceptional skill and was officially recognized with the Mukansa (Non-Competition) status.<\/p>\n<p>Aoi-Art estimation Paper<br \/>\nwhole Oshigata<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24730-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24730-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"25%\" height=\"25%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24730-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24730-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"23%\" height=\"23%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24730koshirae.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24730koshirae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katana in Koshirae Inscription: Hokke Saburo Nobufusa\u3000\u6cd5\u83ef\u4e09\u90ce\u4fe1\u623f We divide works in to Saijo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku,and Regular Saku. This piece is ranked as Jyo Saku for Hokke Saburo Nobufusa. Habaki: copper single habaki Blade Length: 66.6cm (26.22in) Curvature: 1.2cm (0.47in) Width at Base(Motohaba): 3.17cm (1.25in) Width at tip(Sakihaba): 2.17cm (0.85in) Thickness: 0.76cm (0.30in) [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-27795","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\/27795","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=27795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}