{"id":28874,"date":"2025-10-28T12:03:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T03:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/product\/28874\/as25550-%e7%9f%ad%e5%88%80%ef%bc%9a%e5%82%99%e5%b7%9e%e9%95%b7%e8%88%b9%e5%88%a9%e5%85%89%e7%89%b9%e5%88%a5%e4%bf%9d%e5%ad%98%e5%88%80%e5%89%a3%e7%89%b9%e5%88%a5%e8%b2%b4%e9%87%8d%e5%88%80%e5%89%a3\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T12:05:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T03:05:34","slug":"as25550-%e7%9f%ad%e5%88%80%ef%bc%9a%e5%82%99%e5%b7%9e%e9%95%b7%e8%88%b9%e5%88%a9%e5%85%89%e7%89%b9%e5%88%a5%e4%bf%9d%e5%ad%98%e5%88%80%e5%89%a3%e7%89%b9%e5%88%a5%e8%b2%b4%e9%87%8d%e5%88%80%e5%89%a3","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/28874\/as25550-%e7%9f%ad%e5%88%80%ef%bc%9a%e5%82%99%e5%b7%9e%e9%95%b7%e8%88%b9%e5%88%a9%e5%85%89%e7%89%b9%e5%88%a5%e4%bf%9d%e5%ad%98%e5%88%80%e5%89%a3%e7%89%b9%e5%88%a5%e8%b2%b4%e9%87%8d%e5%88%80%e5%89%a3\/","title":{"rendered":"AS25550 Tanto: Bishu Osafune Toshimitsu (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token \/ NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Token)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ordering number: AS25550<\/p>\n<p>Tanto in Shirasaya (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token \/ NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Token) (Consignment Sale)<\/p>\n<p>Signature: Bishu Osafune Toshimitsu<br \/>\nDate: June, 1395 (Ouei 2)<br \/>\n\u5099\u5dde\u9577\u8239\u5229\u5149<br \/>\n\u5fdc\u6c38\u4e8c\u5e74\u516d\u6708\u65e5<\/p>\n<p>Ko-Sori: Chu-Koto: Bizen. Nanbokucho period (Shitoku era).<br \/>\nWe divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku.<br \/>\nThis work is ranked as Jyojyo Saku for Bishu Osafune Toshimitsu.<br \/>\nHabaki: Silver single-layered<br \/>\nBlade Length: 29.7 cm (11.69 in)<br \/>\nCurvature: 0.3 cm (0.12 in)<br \/>\nMekugi Holes: 2<br \/>\nWidth at Base (Motohaba): 2.76 cm (1.09 in)<br \/>\nThickness: 0.63 cm (0.25 in)<br \/>\nSword Weight: 215 g<br \/>\nEra: From the Nanbokucho period to the early Ouei era (late 14th century)<br \/>\nShape: A tanto with wide mihaba and thick kasane.<br \/>\nOn the omote side, a bohi with a suken and a dokko carving is present.<br \/>\nOn the ura side, a simple bohi is carved.<br \/>\nA bo-utsuri appears clearly in the ji.<br \/>\nJigane: Extremely fine itame hada, well-forged.<br \/>\nHamon: Nie-based gunome midare is well expressed.<br \/>\nThe boshi returns in a small circle (komaru).<\/p>\n<p>Features:\u3000Bishu Osafune Toshimitsu was a smith from the Ko-Sori Bizen school.<br \/>\nThis tanto has a gentle temper and remains healthy throughout the blade.<br \/>\nIt is an excellent example.<br \/>\nHe was active from the Shitoku era of the Nanbokucho period to the early years of the Ouei era.<br \/>\nThis piece offers many points of interest.<\/p>\n<p>NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token<br \/>\nNBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Token<br \/>\nAoi Art estimation paper \uff1a Whole Oshigata <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25550-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25550-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"30%\" height=\"30%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25550-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25550-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"30%\" height=\"30%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25550-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25550-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"30%\" height=\"30%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25550paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25550paper-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40%\" height=\"40%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25550paper-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25550paper-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40%\" height=\"40%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25550sayagaki.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25550sayagaki.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c40%\" height=\u201c40%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25550_p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25550_p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c70%\" height=\u201c70%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ordering number: AS25550 Tanto in Shirasaya (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token \/ NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Token) (Consignment Sale) Signature: Bishu Osafune Toshimitsu Date: June, 1395 (Ouei 2) \u5099\u5dde\u9577\u8239\u5229\u5149 \u5fdc\u6c38\u4e8c\u5e74\u516d\u6708\u65e5 Ko-Sori: Chu-Koto: Bizen. Nanbokucho period (Shitoku era). We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku. This work is [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-28874","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\/28874","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=28874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}