{"id":28686,"date":"2025-10-12T11:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T02:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=28686"},"modified":"2025-10-19T10:48:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T01:48:56","slug":"asz066-katana%ef%bc%9a-shigekiyo-saku","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/28686\/asz066-katana%ef%bc%9a-shigekiyo-saku\/","title":{"rendered":"ASz066 Katana\uff1a Shigekiyo Saku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Katana in Koshirae<\/p>\n<p>Signature: Shigekiyo Saku<br \/>\n\u91cd\u6e05\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 for Shigekiyo.<br \/>\nHabaki: Single-layered silver habaki<br \/>\nBlade Length: 74.4 cm (29.29 in)<br \/>\nCurvature: 1.2 cm (0.47 in)<br \/>\nMekugi Hole: 1<br \/>\nWidth at Base (Motohaba): 3.18 cm (1.25 in)<br \/>\nWidth at Tip (Sakihaba): 2.28 cm (0.90 in)<br \/>\nThickness of Rim (Kasane): 0.70 cm (0.28 in)<br \/>\nSword Weight: 815 g<br \/>\nEra: Showa Period, Wartime<br \/>\nShape: A well-proportioned blade with wide body and thick kasane.<br \/>\nJigane: Itame mixed with masame, well-forged and refined, showing a clearly visible grain pattern.<br \/>\nHamon: Nie-deki with rounded gunome-midare, deep nioiguchi, and bohi groove. The boshi is wide, midare-komi, and returns in small round.<\/p>\n<p>Features: Shigekiyo is believed to have been active in Niigata Prefecture during the wartime period.<br \/>\nThis is a robust and healthy piece with a long blade length of 74.4 cm and extended kissaki.<\/p>\n<p>Koshirae:<br \/>\nTsuba: Circular iron tsuba with openwork of aoi leaves. Inscription: \u201cEchizen-ju Kinai Saku.\u201d<br \/>\nFuchikashira: Shakudo nanako-ji with high-relief pine tree design, colored with gold. Inscription: \u201cYoshinaga.\u201d<br \/>\nSaya: Reddish brown lacquered saya with carved grooves.<br \/>\nMenuki: Basket and fish design in high relief, colored with gold.<\/p>\n<p>Aoi Art estimation paper: Whole Oshigata<br \/>\nShipping cost not included.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/Z\/z066-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/Z\/z066-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/Z\/z066-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/Z\/z066-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/Z\/z066-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/Z\/z066-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/Z\/z066koshirae.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/Z\/z066koshirae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/Z\/z066paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/Z\/z066paper-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c60%\" height=\u201c60%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/Z\/z066paper-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/Z\/z066paper-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c60%\" height=\u201c60%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/Z\/z066sayagaki.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/Z\/z066sayagaki.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"30%\" height=\"30%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/Z\/z066_p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/Z\/z066_p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c70%\u201d height=\u201c70%\u201d \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katana in Koshirae Signature: Shigekiyo Saku \u91cd\u6e05\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 for Shigekiyo. Habaki: Single-layered silver habaki Blade Length: 74.4 cm (29.29 in) Curvature: 1.2 cm (0.47 in) Mekugi Hole: 1 Width at Base (Motohaba): [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-28686","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\/28686","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=28686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}