{"id":29137,"date":"2025-11-18T15:30:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T06:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/product\/29137\/as25524-%e5%88%80-%e5%82%99%e5%b7%9e%e9%95%b7%e8%88%b9%e7%a5%90%e5%ae%9a-%e4%bf%9d%e5%ad%98%e5%88%80%e5%89%a3\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T15:32:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T06:32:04","slug":"as25524-%e5%88%80-%e5%82%99%e5%b7%9e%e9%95%b7%e8%88%b9%e7%a5%90%e5%ae%9a-%e4%bf%9d%e5%ad%98%e5%88%80%e5%89%a3","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/29137\/as25524-%e5%88%80-%e5%82%99%e5%b7%9e%e9%95%b7%e8%88%b9%e7%a5%90%e5%ae%9a-%e4%bf%9d%e5%ad%98%e5%88%80%e5%89%a3\/","title":{"rendered":"AS25524 Katana :Bishu Osafune Sukesada (NBTHK Hozon Token)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ordering Number: AS25524<\/p>\n<p>Katana in Shirasaya with Koshirae (NBTHK Hozon Token)<\/p>\n<p>Inscription: Bishu Osafune Sukesada \u5099\u5dde\u9577\u8239\u7950\u5b9a<br \/>\nEisho 3 Nen 8Gatsu Hi (August, 1506) \u6c38\u6b63\u4e09\u5e74\u516b\u6708\u65e5<\/p>\n<p>We divide works in to Saijo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku,and Regular Saku.<br \/>\nThis piece is ranked as Jyojyo Saku for Sukesada.<br \/>\nHabaki: gold covered double habaki<br \/>\nBlade Length: 63.2 cm (24.88 in)<br \/>\nCurvature: 1.8 cm (0.71 in)<br \/>\nWidth at Base(Motohaba): 2.68 cm (1.06 in)<br \/>\nWidth at tip(Sakihaba): 1.7 cm (0.67 in)<br \/>\nThickness: 0.73 cm (0.29 in)<br \/>\nBlade Weight: 490g<br \/>\nEra: the mid Muromachi period, 1506<br \/>\nShape: slightly narrow blade with short Kissaki.<br \/>\nJigane: packed Jigane with faint Utsuri<br \/>\nHamon: Nioi base Gunome and Choji midare <\/p>\n<p>Features: The Bizen Osafune Sukesada group was a collective of swordsmiths active in the late Muromachi period.<br \/>\nDuring this time\u2014at the height of the Sengoku period\u2014there was a high demand for swords,<br \/>\nand many were produced in regions like Bizen and Mino. Sukesada operated a large workshop employing numerous craftsmen<br \/>\nand produced a great number of blades signed with the same name.<br \/>\nThis particular piece is considered one of the earlier works among<br \/>\nthe Sukesada blades and is believed to be a well-crafted example, made with care and attention to detail.<\/p>\n<p>Koshirae: Tachi Koshirae.<br \/>\nTsuba: Tachi-style tsuba carved with arabesque patterns.<br \/>\nMenuki: Design of a cross-shaped spear (jumonji-yari).<br \/>\nFuchikashira: Decorated with paulownia crests in gold.<br \/>\nSaya: Vermilion lacquered pear-skin saya featuring paulownia crests.<\/p>\n<p>NBTHK Hozon Certificate<br \/>\nAoi-Art estimation Paper<br \/>\nwhole Oshigata<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25524-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25524-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25524-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25524-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25524-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25524-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25524koshirae.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25524koshirae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25524paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25524paper-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c60%\" height=\u201c60%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25524paper-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25524paper-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c60%\" height=\u201c60%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25524sayagaki.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25524sayagaki.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"30%\" height=\"30%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25524_p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25524_p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c70%\u201d height=\u201c70%\u201d \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ordering Number: AS25524 Katana in Shirasaya with Koshirae (NBTHK Hozon Token) Inscription: Bishu Osafune Sukesada \u5099\u5dde\u9577\u8239\u7950\u5b9a Eisho 3 Nen 8Gatsu Hi (August, 1506) \u6c38\u6b63\u4e09\u5e74\u516b\u6708\u65e5 We divide works in to Saijo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku,and Regular Saku. This piece is ranked as Jyojyo Saku for Sukesada. Habaki: gold covered double habaki Blade Length: 63.2 cm [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-29137","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\/29137","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=29137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}