{"id":30314,"date":"2026-02-19T14:38:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T05:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=30314"},"modified":"2026-02-19T14:39:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T05:39:53","slug":"as25805-katana-sumi-hidekuni-tan-korenbthk-tokubetsu-hozon-token","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/30314\/as25805-katana-sumi-hidekuni-tan-korenbthk-tokubetsu-hozon-token\/","title":{"rendered":"AS25805 Katana: Sumi Hidekuni Tan Kore(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Katana: Shirasaya (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)<\/p>\n<p>Signature: Sumi Hidekuni Tan Kore \u89d2\u79c0\u56fd\u935b\u4e4b<\/p>\n<p>(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku).<br \/>\nThe workmanship of this piece is ranked as Jyo Saku for Sumi Hidekuni.<\/p>\n<p>Habaki: silver single habaki<br \/>\nBlade Length: 67.0 cm (26.38 in)<br \/>\nCurvature (Sori): 1.8 cm (0.71 in)<br \/>\nPeg Hole: 1<br \/>\nWidth at Base (Motohaba): 2.96 cm (1.17 in)<br \/>\nWidth at Tip (Sakihaba): 1.96 cm (0.77 in)<br \/>\nThickness at Base (Kasane): 0.82 cm (0.32 in)<\/p>\n<p>Shape: wide, thick blade with slight curvature and long kissaki.<br \/>\nJigane: fine Jigane with Jinie<br \/>\nHamon: Gunomemidare with thick Niokuchi. <\/p>\n<p>Features: Sumi Hidekuni was a swordsmith from Mutsu Province. He first studied under Suishinshi Masahide and later trained with Motohira, at which time he changed his signature to Motooki. It is said that he died young in 1824 (Bunsei 7).<\/p>\n<p>This work is a splendid piece, brightly and clearly tempered with a vivid Gunome-midare hamon featuring a thick nioikuchi.<\/p>\n<p>NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate<br \/>\nAoiArt estimation paper<br \/>\nWhole Oshigata<\/p>\n<p>Please note: The price does not include the international shipping fees.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25805-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25805-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"33%\" height=\"33%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25805-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25805-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"27%\" height=\"27%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25805-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25805-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"30%\" height=\"30%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25805paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25805paper-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40%\" height=\"40%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25805paper-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25805paper-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40%\" height=\"40%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25805_p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25805_p.jpg\n\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c70%\" height=\u201c70%\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katana: Shirasaya (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token) Signature: Sumi Hidekuni Tan Kore \u89d2\u79c0\u56fd\u935b\u4e4b (We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku). The workmanship of this piece is ranked as Jyo Saku for Sumi Hidekuni. Habaki: silver single habaki Blade Length: 67.0 cm (26.38 in) Curvature (Sori): 1.8 [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-30314","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\/30314","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=30314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}