{"id":30572,"date":"2026-03-12T15:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T06:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=30572"},"modified":"2026-03-12T15:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T06:02:12","slug":"as24826-katana-nagamitsu-ichiryushinbthk-hozon-token","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/30572\/as24826-katana-nagamitsu-ichiryushinbthk-hozon-token\/","title":{"rendered":"AS24826 Katana: Nagamitsu (Ichiryushi)(NBTHK Hozon Token)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Katana in Shirasaya with Koshriae (NBTHK Hozon Token)<\/p>\n<p>Inscription: Nagamitsu \u9577\u5149 (Ichiryushi\u3000\u4e00\u9f8d\u5b50)<\/p>\n<p>Habaki: Plain copper, single-piece<br \/>\nBlade Length: 66.2 cm<br \/>\nCurvature: 1.7 cm<br \/>\nMekugi-ana: 1 hole<br \/>\nMotohaba: 3.25 cm<br \/>\nSakihaba: 1.96 cm<br \/>\nKasane: 0.67 cm<br \/>\nBlade Weight: 795 g<\/p>\n<p>Era: Showa period, 20th century<br \/>\nShape: wide and thick blade<br \/>\nJigane: Ko-itame hada<br \/>\nHamon: Suguha with small Gunome<\/p>\n<p>Features:<br \/>\nNagamitsu was a Rikugun Jumei Tosho (Army-appointed swordsmith) who was selected for the Army Sword Technique Encouragement Association exhibitions. He signed his works with inscriptions such as \u201cNagamitsu\u201d and \u201cIchiry\u016bshi Nagamitsu.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He is also sometimes called \u201cKangoku Nagamitsu\u201d (Prison Nagamitsu) because it is said that he was invited by the director of Okayama Prison, Emura Shigetaro, and forged Japanese swords together with prisoners inside the prison. However, the details are not clearly known.<\/p>\n<p>Koshirae:<br \/>\nTsuba: made of iron<br \/>\nFuchikashira: made of copper<br \/>\nMenuki: a design of a straw hat. <\/p>\n<p>NBTHK Hozon Certificate<br \/>\nAoi-Art estimation Paper<br \/>\nwhole Oshigata<\/p>\n<p>Please note: the price does not include the shipping fees.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24826-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24826-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"22%\" height=\"22%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24826-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24826-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24826-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24826-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24826koshirae.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24826koshirae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"17%\" height=\"17%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24826paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24826paper-1.jpg\n\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c60%\" height=\u201c60%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24826sayagaki.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24826sayagaki.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"30%\" height=\"30%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24826_p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2024\/24826_p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c70%\u201d height=\u201c70%\u201d \/><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katana in Shirasaya with Koshriae (NBTHK Hozon Token) Inscription: Nagamitsu \u9577\u5149 (Ichiryushi\u3000\u4e00\u9f8d\u5b50) Habaki: Plain copper, single-piece Blade Length: 66.2 cm Curvature: 1.7 cm Mekugi-ana: 1 hole Motohaba: 3.25 cm Sakihaba: 1.96 cm Kasane: 0.67 cm Blade Weight: 795 g Era: Showa period, 20th century Shape: wide and thick blade Jigane: Ko-itame hada Hamon: Suguha with [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-30572","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\/30572","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=30572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}