{"id":29389,"date":"2025-12-06T11:07:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T02:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=29389"},"modified":"2025-12-06T11:07:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T02:07:33","slug":"as25607-katananakagawa-mutsu-kami-fujiwara-kaneshige-saku-korenbthk-tokubetsu-hozon-token","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/29389\/as25607-katananakagawa-mutsu-kami-fujiwara-kaneshige-saku-korenbthk-tokubetsu-hozon-token\/","title":{"rendered":"AS25607  Katana:Nakagawa Mutsu Kami Fujiwara Kaneshige Saku Kore(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ordering number:AS25607<\/p>\n<p>Katana in Shirasaya (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)<\/p>\n<p>Signature: Nakagawa Mutsu Kami Fujiwara Kaneshige Saku Kore<br \/>\n\u4e2d\u5ddd\u9678\u5965\u5b88\u85e4\u539f\u5305\u91cd\u4f5c\u4e4b<\/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 the works of Nakagawa Mutsu no Kami Fujiwara Kaneshige.<\/p>\n<p>Habaki: Single-layered, made of plain copper with silver coating and shakudo coloring.<br \/>\nBlade Length: 69.9 cm (27.52 in)<br \/>\nCurvature: 2.4 cm (0.94 in)<br \/>\nMekugi Hole: 1<br \/>\nWidth at Base (Motohaba): 3.10 cm (1.22 in)<br \/>\nWidth at Tip: 2.07 cm (0.81 in)<br \/>\nThickness of rim (Kasane): 0.69 cm (0.27 in)<br \/>\nSword Weight: 695 g<br \/>\nEra: Edo period, around Kanbun era (circa 1661\u20131673)<br \/>\nShape: A wide and thick blade with deep curvature, and a slightly extended boshi (point).<br \/>\nJigane: Well-forged itame hada and mokume hada forming a refined jigane.<br \/>\nHamon: Suguha hamon with deep nioiguchi, creating a bright and clear temper line.<br \/>\nBoshi: Deep nioiguchi, round with deep turn-back (kaeri).<\/p>\n<p>Aoi Art\u2019s Comment:Nakagawa Mutsu no Kami Fujiwara Kaneshige is said to be the son of Hidari Mutsu. He was also known as Kutaro, and later took the name Kaneyasu.<br \/>\nThis work bears a tachi-mei inscription, which is rare.<br \/>\nThe hamon shows a deep nioiguchi and excellent workmanship.<br \/>\nThe deep curvature and extended kissaki give the sword a fine shape.<\/p>\n<p>NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token<br \/>\nAoi Art estimation paper: Whole Oshigata<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25607-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25607-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25607-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25607-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25607-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25607-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25607koshirae.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25607koshirae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25607paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25607paper-1.jpg\n\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c60%\" height=\u201c60%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25607paper-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25607paper-2.jpg\n\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c60%\" height=\u201c60%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25607sayagaki.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25607sayagaki.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"30%\" height=\"30%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25607_p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25607_p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c70%\u201d height=\u201c70%\u201d \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ordering number:AS25607 Katana in Shirasaya (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token) Signature: Nakagawa Mutsu Kami Fujiwara Kaneshige Saku Kore \u4e2d\u5ddd\u9678\u5965\u5b88\u85e4\u539f\u5305\u91cd\u4f5c\u4e4b 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 the works of Nakagawa Mutsu no Kami Fujiwara Kaneshige. Habaki: Single-layered, made [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-29389","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\/29389","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=29389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}