{"id":31218,"date":"2026-04-25T11:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T02:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=31218"},"modified":"2026-04-25T11:24:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T02:24:33","slug":"as25430-katana-mumeiunsignedsue-sekinbthk-hozon-token","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/31218\/as25430-katana-mumeiunsignedsue-sekinbthk-hozon-token\/","title":{"rendered":"AS25430 Katana: Mumei(Unsigned)(Sue-Seki)(NBTHK Hozon Token)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ordering Number: AS25430<\/p>\n<p>Katana in Koshirae (NBTHK Hozon Token)<\/p>\n<p>Inscription: Mumei(Unsigned)(Sue Seki\u3000\u672b\u95a2)<\/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 Mumei(Sueseki). <\/p>\n<p>Habaki: silver base with engraving of a flower vase and wild waves.<br \/>\nBlade length: 60.1 cm<br \/>\nCurvature: 1.7 cm<br \/>\nNumber of mekugi-ana: 1<br \/>\nWidth at base: 3.0 cm<br \/>\nWidth at tip: 2.05 cm<br \/>\nThickness: 0.56 cm<br \/>\nBlade weight: 555 g<\/p>\n<p>Era: the late Muromachi period<br \/>\nShape: Wakizashi with slight deep curvature.<br \/>\nJigane: Ko-itame hada<br \/>\nHamon: Ko-nie base quarish gunome and pointed gunome with ahi, yo and Sunagashi. <\/p>\n<p>Features:  This is a work from Seki, dating from the mid to late Muromachi period. The hamon is a typical Seki-style midareba, and appears bright. There are scratches overall, but polishing can be arranged for an additional 50,000 yen.<\/p>\n<p>Koshirae:<br \/>\nTsuba: iron tsuba featuring motif of a wheel.<br \/>\nFuchikashira: iron case<br \/>\nMenuki: a design of plants on a plate<\/p>\n<p>NBTHK Hozon Certificate, to be issued in late May<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\/2025\/25430-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25430-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25430-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25430-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"30%\" height=\"30%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25430-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25430-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"23%\" height=\"23%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25430koshirae.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25430koshirae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/hozon.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/hozon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\u201e60%\" height=\u201e60%\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25430paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25430paper-1.jpg\n\" alt=\"\" width=\u201c60%\" height=\u201c60%\" \/><\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ordering Number: AS25430 Katana in Koshirae (NBTHK Hozon Token) Inscription: Mumei(Unsigned)(Sue Seki\u3000\u672b\u95a2) We divide works in to Saijo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku,and Regular Saku. This piece is ranked as Jyojyo Saku for Mumei(Sueseki). Habaki: silver base with engraving of a flower vase and wild waves. Blade length: 60.1 cm Curvature: 1.7 cm Number of [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-31218","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\/31218","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=31218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}