{"id":28104,"date":"2025-08-29T13:43:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T04:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=28104"},"modified":"2025-08-29T13:43:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T04:43:21","slug":"as25309-katana-sukesada","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/28104\/as25309-katana-sukesada\/","title":{"rendered":"AS25309  Katana: Sukesada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Katana in Koshirae<\/p>\n<p>Signature: Sukesada<br \/>\n\u7950\u5b9a<\/p>\n<p>We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku.<br \/>\nThis work is ranked as Jyo Saku among the works of Sukesada.<br \/>\nHabaki: Silver foiled double Habaki with color.<br \/>\nBlade Length: 66.2 cm (26.06 in)<br \/>\nCurvature: 1.5 cm (0.59 in)<br \/>\nMekugi Hole: 2<br \/>\nWidth at Base (Motohaba): 3.02 cm (1.19 in)<br \/>\nWidth at Yokote (Sakihaba): 2.01 cm (0.79 in)<br \/>\nThickness (Kasane): 0.54 cm (0.21 in)<br \/>\nSword Weight: 580 grams<br \/>\nEra: Late Muromachi period (late 16th century)<br \/>\nShape:A typical Bizen Sukesada katana, nearly in one-handed uchigatana style.<br \/>\nJigane:Itame hada with utsuri appearing. The boshi is midarekomi. A so-called kazuchimono (mass-produced sword), but in good condition.<br \/>\nHamon: Ch\u014dji-midare with active hataki. As a mass-produced piece, it shows good quality.<\/p>\n<p>Features:In the late Muromachi period, Japan entered the Sengoku (Warring States) era. Due to high demand, swordsmiths began producing blades in workshop-style mass production. This piece shows beautiful jigane with a slightly dark tone, suggesting it may be from an earlier period, likely around the Eisho era (1504\u20131521).<\/p>\n<p>Koshirae:<br \/>\nTsuba: Mokko-gata iron tsuba with openwork cherry blossom design and partial gold detailing.<br \/>\nSignature: Bushu-ju Masanao<br \/>\nFuchikashira: Shakudo fittings.<br \/>\nSaya (Scabbard): Aogai-chirashi style with carved grooves.<br \/>\nKojiri: Suaka (plain copper) with grooved design.<br \/>\nMenuki: High-relief carving of wheels.<\/p>\n<p>Aoi Art Estimation Paper: Whole Oshigata<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25309-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25309-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25309-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25309-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25309-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25309-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25309koshirae.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25309koshirae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25309paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25309paper-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c60%\" height=\u201c60%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25309paper-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25309paper-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c60%\" height=\u201c60%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25309sayagaki.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25309sayagaki.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"30%\" height=\"30%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25309_p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25309_p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c70%\u201d height=\u201c70%\u201d \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katana in Koshirae Signature: Sukesada \u7950\u5b9a We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku. This work is ranked as Jyo Saku among the works of Sukesada. Habaki: Silver foiled double Habaki with color. Blade Length: 66.2 cm (26.06 in) Curvature: 1.5 cm (0.59 in) Mekugi Hole: [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-28104","product","type-product","status-publish","hentry","product_cat-katana-en","product_cat-sword-en","product_cat-iai-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/28104","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=28104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}