{"id":28031,"date":"2025-08-22T11:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T02:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=28031"},"modified":"2025-08-22T11:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T02:00:07","slug":"as25326-wakizashi-oumi-daijo-fuhiwara-tadahiro-nbthk-hozon-token","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/28031\/as25326-wakizashi-oumi-daijo-fuhiwara-tadahiro-nbthk-hozon-token\/","title":{"rendered":"AS25326 Wakizashi: Oumi Daijo Fuhiwara Tadahiro (NBTHK Hozon Token)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wakizashi in Shirasaya with Koshirae (NBTHK Hozon Token)<\/p>\n<p>Inscription: Oumi Daijo Fuhiwara Tadahiro <\/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 Oumi Daijo Fujiwara Tadahiro. <\/p>\n<p>Habaki: single copper habaki<br \/>\nBlade Length: 55.5 cm (21.9 in)<br \/>\nCurvature (Sori): 1.2 cm (0.5 in)<br \/>\nWidth at Base(Motohaba): 3.2 cm (1.3 in)<br \/>\nWidth at tip(Sakihaba): 2.2 cm (0.9 in)<br \/>\nThickness: 0.6 cm (0.2 in)<br \/>\nBlade Weight: 585g<br \/>\nEra: the early Edo period, the mid 17th century<br \/>\nShape: slightly deeply carved blade<br \/>\nJigane: fine Koitame hada<br \/>\nHamon: Nie deki thick nioikuchi suguha <\/p>\n<p>Features: Shinto: Owazamono: Jyojyosaku: Hizen<br \/>\nHizen Koku Ju Fujiwara Tadahiro was a son of the 1st generation of Tadahiro and his works began to appear from Kan&#8217;ei 10(1663), and in Kan&#8217;ei 18(1641), he received the title of Tadayoshi. Throughout his life, he did not succeed to the name of Tadayoshi but signed only as Tadahiro.<br \/>\nHe made swords for about 60 years until his death at the age of 80 in 1693, producing a large number of works with diverse styles.  Tadahiro&#8217;s swords are known for their excellent cutting ability and were classified as O-wazamono. He is said to be the finest among the Hizen swords for the beauty of Jigane.  Hizen swords are known for the beauty of refine Jigane.<br \/>\nThis piece is a typical example, featuring an exquisitely refined Koitame hada called Konuka hada with a straight temper line and a relatively deep nioiguchi.<\/p>\n<p>Koshriae:<br \/>\nTsuba: rounded copper tsuba<br \/>\nFuchikashira: Shakudoananako base carved with a dragon<br \/>\nMenuki: a picture of a dragon <\/p>\n<p>NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate<br \/>\nAoi-Art estimation Paper<br \/>\nwhole Oshigata<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25326-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25326-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"27%\" height=\"27%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25326-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25326-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25326-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25326-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25326koshirae.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25326koshirae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25326paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25326paper-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wakizashi in Shirasaya with Koshirae (NBTHK Hozon Token) Inscription: Oumi Daijo Fuhiwara Tadahiro We divide works in to Saijo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku,and Regular Saku. This piece is ranked as Jyojyo Saku for Oumi Daijo Fujiwara Tadahiro. Habaki: single copper habaki Blade Length: 55.5 cm (21.9 in) Curvature (Sori): 1.2 cm (0.5 in) Width [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-28031","product","type-product","status-publish","hentry","product_cat-wakizashi-en","product_cat-sword-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/28031","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=28031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}