{"id":30268,"date":"2026-02-15T12:59:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T03:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=30268"},"modified":"2026-02-15T12:59:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T03:59:05","slug":"as25297-wakizashi-sakai-ikkan-sai-shigemasanbthk-tokubetsu-hozon-token","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/30268\/as25297-wakizashi-sakai-ikkan-sai-shigemasanbthk-tokubetsu-hozon-token\/","title":{"rendered":"AS25297 Wakizashi: Sakai Ikkan-sai Shigemasa(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wakizashi in Shirasaya (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)<\/p>\n<p>Inscription:<br \/>\n\u9152\u4e95\u4e00\u8cab\u658e\u7e41\u653f\u5f6b\u540c\u4f5c\u4e03\u5341\u4e09\u624d\u9020<br \/>\n\u662d\u548c\u4e94\u5341\u4e8c\u5e74\u6b63\u6708\u4e8c\u5341\u516b\u65e5<br \/>\n\u5e38\u9678\u56fd\u6e05\u6c34\u4e8c\u90ce \u9999\u6885\u5c71\u96f2\u7167\u5bfa\u4e0d\u52d5\u5c0a\u5949\u7d0d\u8a18\u5ff5<\/p>\n<p>translation:<br \/>\nSakai Ikkan-sai Shigemasa, carved and made by himself at the age of seventy-three\u3000in January 28, Sh\u014dwa 52 (1977)<br \/>\nCommemorating the dedication to Fud\u014d My\u014d\u014d of K\u014dbaisan Unsh\u014d-ji Temple, Shimizu Jir\u014d of Hitachi Province<\/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 Sakai Ikkansai Shigemasa. <\/p>\n<p>Habaki: Shakudo-colored single habaki<br \/>\nBlade Length: 54.7 cm (21.54 in)<br \/>\nCurvature: 1.2 cm (0.47 in)<br \/>\nMekugi Hole: 1<br \/>\nWidth at Base (Motohaba): 3.11 cm (1.22 in)<br \/>\nWidth at Tip (Sakihaba): 2.03 cm (0.80 in)<br \/>\nThickness (Kasane): 0.64 cm (0.25 in)<br \/>\nSword Weight: 620 g<\/p>\n<p>Era: modern times<br \/>\nShape: slightly wide blade with sharp kisski with carvings of Kaen-Bosatsu, Bonji, Suken( a sword), Dokko and Bon-ji.<br \/>\nJigane: Itame with Masame<br \/>\nHamon: A shallow gunome-midare with abundant kinsuji activity, accompanied by sunagashi. The boshi turns back with a midare-komi form.<\/p>\n<p>Features: Shigemasa was born in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1905. He studied Bizen swordsmanship for a long time under Kasama Shigetsugu, and changed his swordsmith name to Shigemasa receiving the character for \u201cShige\u201d from Shigetsugu.<br \/>\nAfter that, he became an independent swordsmith and forged swords at the Yasukuni Shrine as an authorized swordsmith for the army and the navy.<br \/>\nAfter the war, he changed the kanji for his name from Masa(\u6b63) to Masa(\u653f). He worked vigorously and produced many excellent works and was certified as Mukansa swordsmith. He passed away in 1996.<br \/>\nThis work was created to commemorate its dedication to Fud\u014d My\u014d\u014d at K\u014dbaisan Unsh\u014d-ji Temple, and it is a powerful piece distinguished by the abundant kinsuji running through the hamon.<\/p>\n<p>NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate\u3000(to be issued in Mach)<br \/>\nAoi-Art estimation Paper<br \/>\nwhole Oshigata<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25297-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25297-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"30%\" height=\"30%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25297-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25297-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\" height=\"35%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25297-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25297-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"30%\" height=\"30%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25297paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25297paper-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40%\" height=\"40%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/tokuho.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/tokuho.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40%\" height=\"40%\" \/><\/a>    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wakizashi in Shirasaya (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token) Inscription: \u9152\u4e95\u4e00\u8cab\u658e\u7e41\u653f\u5f6b\u540c\u4f5c\u4e03\u5341\u4e09\u624d\u9020 \u662d\u548c\u4e94\u5341\u4e8c\u5e74\u6b63\u6708\u4e8c\u5341\u516b\u65e5 \u5e38\u9678\u56fd\u6e05\u6c34\u4e8c\u90ce \u9999\u6885\u5c71\u96f2\u7167\u5bfa\u4e0d\u52d5\u5c0a\u5949\u7d0d\u8a18\u5ff5 translation: Sakai Ikkan-sai Shigemasa, carved and made by himself at the age of seventy-three\u3000in January 28, Sh\u014dwa 52 (1977) Commemorating the dedication to Fud\u014d My\u014d\u014d of K\u014dbaisan Unsh\u014d-ji Temple, Shimizu Jir\u014d of Hitachi Province We divide works in to Saijo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-30268","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\/30268","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=30268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}