{"id":28123,"date":"2025-08-30T14:09:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T05:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=28123"},"modified":"2025-09-06T10:43:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T01:43:55","slug":"as25305-katanatomoyuki-saku","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/28123\/as25305-katanatomoyuki-saku\/","title":{"rendered":"AS25305  Katana:Tomoyuki Saku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ordering number:AS25305<\/p>\n<p>Katana in Koshirae<\/p>\n<p>Signature: Tomoyuki Saku<br \/>\n\u53cb\u6b21\u4f5c<\/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 (superior work) for Tomoyuki.<br \/>\nHabaki: Single silver habaki<br \/>\nBlade Length: 75.2 cm (29.61 in)<br \/>\nCurvature: 1.9 cm (0.75 in)<br \/>\nMekugi Hole: 2<br \/>\nWidth at Base (Motohaba): 2.95 cm (1.16 in)<br \/>\nWidth at Tip (Sakihaba): 2.18 cm (0.86 in)<br \/>\nThickness of Rim (Kasane): 0.66 cm (0.26 in)<br \/>\nSword Weight: 705 g<br \/>\nEra: Around the late Muromachi period (late 16th century)<br \/>\nShape:A blade with standard width and deep curvature, featuring an extended kissaki.<br \/>\nBo-hi grooves are carved on both sides.<br \/>\nJigane:Well-forged ko-itame-hada with visible utsuri.<br \/>\nHamon:Nie-deki, straight with slight notare, and double hamon appears on the upper part.<br \/>\nThe boshi is round and ends in a sweeping hakikake style.<\/p>\n<p>Features: Judging from its shape and workmanship, this sword is considered to be from the late Muromachi period.<br \/>\nAlthough signed as Tomoyuki, the authenticity of the signature is unclear, and thus it is sold without guarantee of the mei.<\/p>\n<p>Koshirae:<br \/>\nTsuba: Mokko-shaped iron tsuba with a carved scene of the White Rabbit of Inaba.<br \/>\nFuchikashira: Shakudo nanako-ji base with high-relief carving of lions and chrysanthemums, highlighted with gold inlay.<br \/>\nSaya (Scabbard): Glossy black lacquer finish.<br \/>\nMenuki: Depicting warrior figures.<\/p>\n<p>Aoi Art\u2019s Comment:This sword is notable for its length and comes with a complete koshirae. We believe it can also be used for Iaido practice.<\/p>\n<p>Aoi Art Estimation Paper: Includes whole oshigata<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25305-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25305-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"25%\" height=\"25%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25305-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25305-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25305-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25305-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25305koshirae.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25305koshirae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"17%\" height=\"17%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25305_p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25305_p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c70%\u201d height=\u201c70%\u201d \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ordering number:AS25305 Katana in Koshirae Signature: Tomoyuki Saku \u53cb\u6b21\u4f5c We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku. This work is ranked as Jyo Saku (superior work) for Tomoyuki. Habaki: Single silver habaki Blade Length: 75.2 cm (29.61 in) Curvature: 1.9 cm (0.75 in) Mekugi Hole: 2 [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-28123","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\/28123","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=28123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}