{"id":31610,"date":"2026-05-20T14:54:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T05:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=31610"},"modified":"2026-05-20T14:54:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T05:54:02","slug":"as25637-katana-hizen-koku-ju-oumi-daijo-fujiwara-tadahiro-nbthk-tokubetsu-hozon-token","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/31610\/as25637-katana-hizen-koku-ju-oumi-daijo-fujiwara-tadahiro-nbthk-tokubetsu-hozon-token\/","title":{"rendered":"AS25637 Katana: Hizen Koku Ju Oumi Daijo Fujiwara Tadahiro (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ordering Number: AS25637 <\/p>\n<p>Katana in Shirasaya (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)<\/p>\n<p>Inscription:<br \/>\nHizen Koku Ju Oumi Daijo Fujiwara Tadahiro<br \/>\n\u80a5\u524d\u56fd\u4f4f\u8fd1\u6c5f\u5927\u63be\u85e4\u539f\u5fe0\u5e83<\/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 Tadahiro. <\/p>\n<p>Habaki: gold-plated double habaki<br \/>\nBlade Length: 71.82cm (28.27in)<br \/>\nCurvature: 1.76cm (0.69in)<br \/>\nMekugi-ana: 1<br \/>\nMotohaba: 3.32cm (1.31in)<br \/>\nSakihaba: 2.30cm (0.91in)<br \/>\nKasane: 0.78cm (0.31in)<br \/>\nWeight: 885g<\/p>\n<p>Era: Early Edo period, 17th century<br \/>\nShape: wide, thick blade with slightly deep curvature and long kissaki.<br \/>\nJigane: Koitame and Mokoume with fine Chikei and Ji-nie.<br \/>\nHamon: Nie-deki Suguha with thick NIoikuchi and Kinsuji works in Nioikuchi.<\/p>\n<p>Features: Shinto: Owazamono: Jyojyosaku: Hizen<br \/>\nHizen Koku Ju Fujiwara Tadahiro was a son of the 1st generation of Tadahiro and his works began to appear from Kan&#8217;ei 10(1663), and in Kan&#8217;ei 18(1641), he received the title of Tadayoshi. Throughout his life, he did not succeed to the name of Tadayoshi but signed only as Tadahiro.<br \/>\nHe made swords for about 60 years until his death at the age of 80 in 1693, producing a large number of works with diverse styles.  Tadahiro&#8217;s swords are known for their excellent cutting ability and were classified as O-wazamono. He is said to be the finest among the Hizen swords for the beauty of Jigane.  Hizen swords are known for the beauty of refine Jigane.<\/p>\n<p>This work has an excellent shape and is in healthy condition, featuring a beautifully well-forged jigane.<\/p>\n<p>NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate<br \/>\nAoi-Art estimation Paper<br \/>\nwhole Oshigata<\/p>\n<p>Please note: The price does not include the international shipping fees. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25637-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25637-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\" height=\"35%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25637-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25637-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"25%\" height=\"25%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25637-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25637-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"25%\" height=\"25%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25637paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25637paper-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80%\" height=\"80%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ordering Number: AS25637 Katana in Shirasaya (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token) Inscription: Hizen Koku Ju Oumi Daijo Fujiwara Tadahiro \u80a5\u524d\u56fd\u4f4f\u8fd1\u6c5f\u5927\u63be\u85e4\u539f\u5fe0\u5e83 We divide works in to Saijo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku,and Regular Saku. This piece is ranked as Jyojyo Saku for Tadahiro. Habaki: gold-plated double habaki Blade Length: 71.82cm (28.27in) Curvature: 1.76cm (0.69in) Mekugi-ana: 1 Motohaba: [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[123,122],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31610","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","5":"product_cat-katana-en","6":"product_cat-sword-en","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"sold-individually","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"product-type-auction"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/31610","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=31610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=31610"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=31610"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=31610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}