{"id":30439,"date":"2026-03-01T10:16:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T01:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=30439"},"modified":"2026-03-01T10:17:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T01:17:56","slug":"as25732-katanakatsuie","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/30439\/as25732-katanakatsuie\/","title":{"rendered":"AS25732  Katana:Katsuie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ordering Number: AS25732<\/p>\n<p>Katana in Shirasaya with Koshirae.<\/p>\n<p>Signature: Katsuie.<br \/>\n\u52dd\u5bb6<\/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 Katsuie.<br \/>\nHabaki: Single-layer silver.<br \/>\nBlade Length: 64.2 cm (25.28 in).<br \/>\nCurvature: 2.2 cm (0.87 in).<br \/>\nMekugi Hole: 2.<br \/>\nWidth at Base (Motohaba): 2.84 cm (1.12 in).<br \/>\nWidth at Yokote: 1.86 cm (0.73 in).<br \/>\nThickness of rim (Kasane): 0.63 cm (0.25 in).<br \/>\nSword Weight: 620 g.<br \/>\nEra: Muromachi period, around Tenbun (1532\u20131555).<br \/>\nShape: Wide width and solid thickness with an extended kissaki.<br \/>\nJigane: Itame hada well packed, with some areas where the jihada appears rough.<br \/>\nHamon: Ko-nie deki, forming a small gunome-midare pattern.<\/p>\n<p>Features: Katsuie was a swordsmith of Kaga.<br \/>\nThis work by Katsuie is considered to be around the 4th generation, dating to the Tenbun era (1532\u20131555).<\/p>\n<p>Koshirae:<br \/>\nTsuba: Round iron tsuba carved with waves and a dragon, signed Choshu ju Tomohisa.<br \/>\nFuchikashira: Iron ground carved with a cloud design.<br \/>\nSaya (Scabbard): Aogai chirashi saya decorated with a dragon design and tip pattern painted in black.<br \/>\nMenuki: Dragon design carved and colored with gold.<\/p>\n<p>AoiArt estimation paper: Whole Oshigata.<br \/>\nOverseas shipping fee not included<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25732-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25732-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25732-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25732-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25732-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25732-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25732koshirae.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25732koshirae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25732paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25732paper-1.jpg\n\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c60%\" height=\u201c60%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25732paper-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25732paper-2.jpg\n\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c60%\" height=\u201c60%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25732sayagaki.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25732sayagaki.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"30%\" height=\"30%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25732_p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25732_p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c70%\u201d height=\u201c70%\u201d \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ordering Number: AS25732 Katana in Shirasaya with Koshirae. Signature: Katsuie. \u52dd\u5bb6 (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 Katsuie. Habaki: Single-layer silver. Blade Length: 64.2 cm (25.28 in). Curvature: 2.2 cm (0.87 in). Mekugi [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-30439","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\/30439","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=30439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}