{"id":28132,"date":"2025-08-31T12:14:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T03:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=28132"},"modified":"2025-08-31T12:14:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T03:14:30","slug":"as25179-katana-yamaguchi-kiyofusa-tsukuru-kore-february-1979","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/28132\/as25179-katana-yamaguchi-kiyofusa-tsukuru-kore-february-1979\/","title":{"rendered":"AS25179 Katana: Yamaguchi Kiyofusa Tsukuru Kore (February, 1979)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Katana in Koshirae<\/p>\n<p>Signature:<br \/>\nMorioka-j\u016b Yamaguchi Kiyofusa Tsukuru Kore (Mukansa Swordsmith)<br \/>\n\u76db\u5ca1\u4f4f\u5c71\u53e3\u6e05\u623f\u4f5c\u4e4b<br \/>\nShowa 54 Nen 2 Gatsu Kichijitsu (February, 1979)<br \/>\n\u662d\u548c\u4e94\u5341\u56db\u5e74\u4e8c\u6708\u5409\u65e5<br \/>\n Ordered by Sato Fukutoku \u61c9\u4f50\u85e4\u798f\u5fb3\u6c0f\u9700<\/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 Jyojyo Saku (superior work) for Yamaguchi Kiyokuni.<\/p>\n<p>Habaki: Single silver habaki<br \/>\nBlade Length: 71.0 cm (27.95 in)<br \/>\nCurvature: 2.0 cm (0.79 in)<br \/>\nMekugi Hole: 2<br \/>\nWidth at Base (Motohaba): 3.36 cm (1.32 in)<br \/>\nWidth at Tip (Sakihaba): 2.37 cm (0.93 in)<br \/>\nThickness of Rim (Kasane): 0.76 cm (0.30 in)<br \/>\nSword Weight: 810 g<\/p>\n<p>Era: Modern(February, 1979)<br \/>\nShape: slightly wide blade with Bohi carving on the both sides.<br \/>\nThe boshi is in an inoshishi-kubi (boar&#8217;s neck) style.<br \/>\nJigane: well-refined Jigane<br \/>\nHamon:Nie-deki gunome-midare with active ashi.<br \/>\nDeep nioiguchi and a boshi that turns into a midare-komi style.<\/p>\n<p>Features:Yamaguchi Kiyofusa, the modern swordsmith in Iwate, was born in 1932 and began stusying under Sumitani Masamine, a living national treasure swordsmith from 1966. He has won numerous awards since becoming independent in 1972, and was certified as Mukansa swordsmith in 1986. He has also made sword offerings to the Ise Shrine and is recognized as an intangible cultural asset by Iwate Prefecture. Like his master, Sunmitani Masamine, he specialized in Bizen-den and produced gorgeous Choji blades.<\/p>\n<p>Koshirae: Modern koshirae<br \/>\nAoi Art Estimation Paper: Includes whole oshigata<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25179-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25179-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"25%\" height=\"25%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25179-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25179-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"18%\" height=\"18%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25179-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25179-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25179koshirae.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25179koshirae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25179_p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25179_p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c70%\u201d height=\u201c70%\u201d \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katana in Koshirae Signature: Morioka-j\u016b Yamaguchi Kiyofusa Tsukuru Kore (Mukansa Swordsmith) \u76db\u5ca1\u4f4f\u5c71\u53e3\u6e05\u623f\u4f5c\u4e4b Showa 54 Nen 2 Gatsu Kichijitsu (February, 1979) \u662d\u548c\u4e94\u5341\u56db\u5e74\u4e8c\u6708\u5409\u65e5 Ordered by Sato Fukutoku \u61c9\u4f50\u85e4\u798f\u5fb3\u6c0f\u9700 We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku. This work is ranked as Jyojyo Saku (superior work) for Yamaguchi Kiyokuni. [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-28132","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\/28132","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=28132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}