{"id":29172,"date":"2025-11-20T15:37:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T06:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=29172"},"modified":"2025-11-20T15:37:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T06:37:58","slug":"as25489-wakizashi-motte-nanban-tetsu-echizen-yasutsugu-2nd-generationnbthk-tokubetsu-hozon-token","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/29172\/as25489-wakizashi-motte-nanban-tetsu-echizen-yasutsugu-2nd-generationnbthk-tokubetsu-hozon-token\/","title":{"rendered":"AS25489 Wakizashi:  Motte Nanban Tetsu Echizen Yasutsugu (2nd Generation)(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wakizashi in Shirasaya (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)<\/p>\n<p>Signature:<br \/>\n(Aoi-mon) Motte Nanban Tetsu Echizen Yasutsugu (2nd Generation)<br \/>\n\u4ee5\u5357\u86ee\u9244\u8d8a\u524d\u5eb7\u7d99<\/p>\n<p>Sayagaki: Echizen Yasutsugu<br \/>\nSigned with Aoi-mon and \u201cI Nanban Tetsu\u201d<br \/>\nBlade length: 1 shaku 3 sun 8 bu 5 rin (approx.)<br \/>\nWritten on a summer day in 1956 (Sh\u014dwa 31, Hinoe-Saru)<br \/>\nWritten by Kanzan.<\/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 among the works of the 2nd Generation Yasutsugu.<\/p>\n<p>Habaki: Gold-plated, double-layered<br \/>\nBlade Length: 41.9 cm \/ 16.50 in)<br \/>\nCurvature: 0.91 cm \/ 0.36 in)<br \/>\nMekugi Hole: 1<br \/>\nWidth at Base (Motohaba): 3.42 cm (1.35 in)<br \/>\nThickness of rim (Kasane): 0.68 cm (0.27 in)<br \/>\nSword Weight: 545 g<br \/>\nEra: the early Edo period, Kan&#8217;ei era, circa 17th century <\/p>\n<p>Shape: wide and thick blade with Shobu-zukuri style<br \/>\nJigane: blackish Jigane<br \/>\nHamon: Nie-base calm Gunome midare with Ashi and Sungashi with thick nioikuchi. <\/p>\n<p>Features: The 2nd-generation Yasutsugu was the eldest son of the 1st generation and succeeded him as an official swordsmith for the Tokugawa shogunate, working in Edo.<br \/>\nThis piece is a rare sh\u014dbu-zukuri wakizashi among the works of Yasutsugu, notable for its robust and healthy construction.<br \/>\nIt is recorded in the Yasutsugu Taikan.<\/p>\n<p>NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate<br \/>\nAoi Art estimation paper \/ Whole Oshigata<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25489-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25489-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"37%\" height=\"37%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25489-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25489-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25489-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25489-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"30%\" height=\"30%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25489paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25489paper-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40%\" height=\"40%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25489paper-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25489paper-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40%\" height=\"40%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25489sayagaki.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25489sayagaki.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40%\" height=\"40%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25489_p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25489_p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"70%\" height=\"70%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wakizashi in Shirasaya (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token) Signature: (Aoi-mon) Motte Nanban Tetsu Echizen Yasutsugu (2nd Generation) \u4ee5\u5357\u86ee\u9244\u8d8a\u524d\u5eb7\u7d99 Sayagaki: Echizen Yasutsugu Signed with Aoi-mon and \u201cI Nanban Tetsu\u201d Blade length: 1 shaku 3 sun 8 bu 5 rin (approx.) Written on a summer day in 1956 (Sh\u014dwa 31, Hinoe-Saru) Written by Kanzan. We divide 4 sections [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-29172","product","type-product","status-publish","hentry","product_cat-wakizashi-en","product_cat-sword-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/29172","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=29172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}