{"id":29013,"date":"2025-11-08T12:47:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T03:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/product\/29013\/%e7%9f%ad%e5%88%80%ef%bc%9a%e5%85%bc%e6%9f%8a%e4%bd%9c%e9%96%a2%e4%bf%9d%e5%ad%98%e5%88%80%e5%89%a3\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T10:45:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T01:45:16","slug":"%e7%9f%ad%e5%88%80%ef%bc%9a%e5%85%bc%e6%9f%8a%e4%bd%9c%e9%96%a2%e4%bf%9d%e5%ad%98%e5%88%80%e5%89%a3","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/29013\/%e7%9f%ad%e5%88%80%ef%bc%9a%e5%85%bc%e6%9f%8a%e4%bd%9c%e9%96%a2%e4%bf%9d%e5%ad%98%e5%88%80%e5%89%a3\/","title":{"rendered":"AS23843 Tanto:Kenshu\u3000Saku (Seki province) (NBTHK Hozon Token)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ordering number:AS23843<\/p>\n<p>Tanto in Koshirae (NBTHK Hozon Token)<\/p>\n<p>Signature: Kenshu\u3000Saku (Seki province)<br \/>\n\u517c\u67ca\u4f5c(\u95a2)<\/p>\n<p>We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku.<br \/>\nThis piece is ranked as Jyojyo Saku among works by Kenshu.<br \/>\nHabaki: Single-layered, made of plain copper<br \/>\nBlade Length: 29.8 cm (11.73 in)<br \/>\nCurvature: 0.5 cm (0.20 in)<br \/>\nMekugi Hole: 2<br \/>\nWidth at Base (Motohaba): 2.56 cm (1.01 in)<br \/>\nThickness of rim (Kasane): 0.53 cm (0.21 in)<br \/>\nSword Weight: 220 g<br \/>\nEra: Muromachi period<br \/>\nShape: Shobu-zukuri style blade with shinogi-zukuri construction<br \/>\nJigane: Finely forged ko-itame hada with faint utsuri appearing<br \/>\nHamon: Made in ko-nie deki, forming small gunome-midare with sunagashi and kinsuji activity within the blade<br \/>\nKissaki: Sharply pointed with deep kaeri<\/p>\n<p>Features:  Kenshu was a swordsmith from Mino province. Judging from the workmanship, this tanto is believed to be from the Muromachi period.<\/p>\n<p>Koshirae:<br \/>\nTsuba: Iron mokko-shaped tsuba with butterfly design in gold inlay<br \/>\nFuchikashira: Made of plain copper with silver and gold-colored design of pampas grass<br \/>\nSaya (Scabbard): Gold nashiji lacquered saya with gold-painted Aoi family crest<br \/>\nMenuki: Circular plain copper menuki engraved with tiger and bamboo motif<br \/>\nKojiri: Plain copper<br \/>\nKozuka: Brass with engraved arabesque design and family crest decorated with shibuichi color<br \/>\nComes with small knife<\/p>\n<p>NBTHK Hozon Token Certificate<br \/>\nAoi Art Estimation Paper with whole oshigata<\/p>\n<p>*Shipping fee is not included in the price.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23843-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23843-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23843-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23843-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23843-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23843-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23843koshirae.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23843koshirae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23843paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23843paper-1.jpg\n\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c60%\" height=\u201c60%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23843paper-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23843paper-2.jpg\n\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c60%\" height=\u201c60%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23843sayagaki.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23843sayagaki.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"30%\" height=\"30%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23843_p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2023\/23843_p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c70%\u201d height=\u201c70%\u201d \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ordering number:AS23843 Tanto in Koshirae (NBTHK Hozon Token) Signature: Kenshu\u3000Saku (Seki province) \u517c\u67ca\u4f5c(\u95a2) We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku. This piece is ranked as Jyojyo Saku among works by Kenshu. Habaki: Single-layered, made of plain copper Blade Length: 29.8 cm (11.73 in) Curvature: 0.5 [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-29013","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\/29013","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=29013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}