{"id":29774,"date":"2026-01-09T17:34:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T08:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=29774"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T01:34:12","slug":"as25731-katana%ef%bc%9akobayashi-ise-kami-kuniteru-enpo-3-nen-2-gatsu-hi-the-blade-was-made-at-enpo3rd-1674februarynbthk-tokubetsu-hozon-paper","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/29774\/as25731-katana%ef%bc%9akobayashi-ise-kami-kuniteru-enpo-3-nen-2-gatsu-hi-the-blade-was-made-at-enpo3rd-1674februarynbthk-tokubetsu-hozon-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"AS25731  Katana\uff1aKobayashi Ise Kami Kuniteru. Enpo 3 Nen 2 Gatsu hi (the blade was made at Enpo3rd (1674)February)(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ordering number:AS25731<\/p>\n<p>Katana in Shirasaya with Koshirae (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper)<\/p>\n<p>Signature : Kobayashi Ise Kami Kuniteru.<br \/>\nEnpo 3 Nen 2 Gatsu hi (the blade was made at Enpo3rd (1674)February)<\/p>\n<p>Sayagaki was done by Kanzan sensei.<br \/>\nShinto: Josaku: Wazamono: Settu province.<br \/>\n(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo saku, Jyojyo saku Jyo saku and regular saku)<br \/>\nThis sword belongs to Jyo-Jyo saku ranking.<br \/>\nThe blade was polished by high ranking polisher.<br \/>\nHabaki :gold foiled single habaki.<br \/>\nBlade length :\u300067.6cm or 26.61 inches.<br \/>\nSori : 1.4  cm or 0.55 inches.<br \/>\nMekugi : 1<br \/>\nWidth at the hamachi : 2.96 cm or 1.16 inches.<br \/>\nWidth at the Kissaki : 2.28 cm or 0.89 inches.<br \/>\nKasane : 0.72 cm or 0.28 inches.<br \/>\nEra : Edo period Enpo 3rd.(1674)<br \/>\nShape : The blade is regular size with suitable sori and longer kissaki nice looking shape.<br \/>\nJigane : Koitame hada well grained with jinie attach and small chikei work.<br \/>\nHamon : Niedeki wavy suguha with thick nioikuchi.<br \/>\nIn Hamon there are many ashi and yo with soft feeling nioikuchi.<br \/>\nBoshi is round shape.<\/p>\n<p>Special feature :Kobayashi Isekami Kuniteru was called Kobayashi Hayatonosin who was second son of the Ise Kami Kuniyoshi.<br \/>\nFirst he studied from first generation Kunisuke<br \/>\nand then got the title of Ise Kami at Kanbun 12th.<br \/>\nThis blade is elegant soft feeling.<br \/>\nAccording to the Fujishira book, after Inoue shinkai and Sukehiro,<br \/>\nKuniteru is the most famous sword maker in Oosaka area.<br \/>\nThis sword looks typical Inoue Shinkai style deep nioiguchi notare suguha<br \/>\nhamon with sunagashi and kinsuji.<br \/>\nRecently it is rather hard to buy good healthy high ranking swords.<br \/>\nThis work is published in &#8220;Osaka Shinto Zufu&#8221; on page 393.<\/p>\n<p>Koshirae :<br \/>\nSaya : black roiro saya like inro kizami saya.<br \/>\nTsuba : On the round shape iron tsuba, wild geese are flying sukashibori style.  Owari tsuba.<br \/>\nMenuki : a dragon is engraving with gold color.<br \/>\nFuchikashira : a dragon is engraved with gold color<br \/>\nKozuka : on the syakudo plate, a dragon is engraved with gold color.<br \/>\nKogai : on the syakudo plate, a dragon is engraved with gold color.<\/p>\n<p>NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper.<br \/>\nIncludes a copy of &#8220;Osaka Shinto Zufu&#8221;, page 393.<br \/>\nAoi Art estimation paper : whole Oshigata.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25731-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25731-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25731-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25731-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25731-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25731-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25731koshirae.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25731koshirae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25731paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25731paper-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25731paper-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25731paper-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25731sayagaki.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25731sayagaki.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"30%\" height=\"30%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25731_p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25731_p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"70%\" height=\"70%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ordering number:AS25731 Katana in Shirasaya with Koshirae (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper) Signature : Kobayashi Ise Kami Kuniteru. 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