{"id":28093,"date":"2025-08-28T17:27:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T08:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=28093"},"modified":"2025-08-28T17:27:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T08:27:18","slug":"as25381-tanto-mumeiold-mizuta-kunishigenbthk-hozon-token","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/28093\/as25381-tanto-mumeiold-mizuta-kunishigenbthk-hozon-token\/","title":{"rendered":"AS25381 Tanto: Mumei(old Mizuta Kunishige)(NBTHK Hozon Token)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tanto in Shirasaya with Koshirae (NBTHK Hozon Token)<\/p>\n<p>Signature : Mumei (attributed as old Mizuta Kunishige \u53e4\u6c34\u7530\u56fd\u91cd)<\/p>\n<p>(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo saku, Jyojyo saku Jyo saku and regular saku)<br \/>\nThis sword belongs to jyo jyo saku ranking.<\/p>\n<p>Habaki: Silver single habaki<br \/>\nBlade length: 24.2 cm (9.5 in)<br \/>\nSori: 0.2 cm (0.08 in)<br \/>\nMekugi ana: 2<br \/>\nWidth at the hamachi: 2.43 cm (0.96 in)<br \/>\nKasane: 0.6 cm (0.236 in)<br \/>\nWeight: 150 g<br \/>\nEra: the late Muromachi peirod, 16th century<\/p>\n<p>Shape: A tanto in double-edged construction (Moroha-zukuri), featuring cutting edges on both sides.<br \/>\nJigane: intense Itame grain pattern<br \/>\nHamon: Nie base Suguha with Nizyu-ba and Sunagashi. <\/p>\n<p>Special feature:  Mizuta Kschool is a group of swordsmiths in Bicchu that continued from the late Muromachi Period to the late Edo Period, and the pre-Edo Period Mizuta is called Ko(old)-Mizuta. This piece is notable for its beautiful jigane, reminiscent of Bizen blades. It is likely that Mizuta had access to high-quality iron sourced from the Bizen region.<\/p>\n<p>Koshirae: Aikuchi Tanto Koshirae<br \/>\nFuchikashira: Shakudo base with vines and flowers.<br \/>\nMenuki: a picture of chrysanthemums<br \/>\nKozuka: A design hought to represent Hotei<\/p>\n<p>NBTHK Hozon Certificate<br \/>\nAoi-Art estimation paper<br \/>\nwhole oshigata<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2020\/20162-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2020\/20162-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40%\" height=\"40%\" \/><\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2020\/20162-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2020\/20162-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"19%\" height=\"19%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2020\/20162koshirae.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2020\/20162koshirae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"25%\" height=\"25%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2020\/20162paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2020\/20162paper-1.jpg\n\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c60%\" height=\u201c60%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2020\/20162_p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2020\/20162_p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c70%\u201d height=\u201c70%\u201d \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tanto in Shirasaya with Koshirae (NBTHK Hozon Token) Signature : Mumei (attributed as old Mizuta Kunishige \u53e4\u6c34\u7530\u56fd\u91cd) (We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo saku, Jyojyo saku Jyo saku and regular saku) This sword belongs to jyo jyo saku ranking. Habaki: Silver single habaki Blade length: 24.2 cm (9.5 in) Sori: 0.2 cm [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-28093","product","type-product","status-publish","hentry","product_cat-sword-en","product_cat-tanto-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/28093","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=28093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}