{"id":31819,"date":"2026-06-04T16:36:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=31819"},"modified":"2026-06-04T16:36:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:36:42","slug":"as26230-wakizashi-kawachi-no-kami-kunisuke-nbthk-hozon-token","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/31819\/as26230-wakizashi-kawachi-no-kami-kunisuke-nbthk-hozon-token\/","title":{"rendered":"AS26230 Wakizashi: Kawachi no Kami Kunisuke (NBTHK Hozon Token)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wakizashi in Shirasaya (NBTHK Hozon Token) <\/p>\n<p>Signature:<br \/>\nKawachi no Kami Kunisuke \u6cb3\u5185\u5b88\u56fd\u52a9<br \/>\nMotte Jitetsu Togi Saku Kore \u4ee5\u5730\u9244\u7814\u4f5c\u4e4b<\/p>\n<p>(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku).<br \/>\nThis blade is ranked as Jyojyo Saku among the works of Kawachi no Kami Kunisuke.<\/p>\n<p>Habaki: Single-piece copper habaki with gold-colored finish.<br \/>\nBlade Length: 50.5cm (19.88in)<br \/>\nCurvature: 0.8cm (0.31in)<br \/>\nMekugi-ana: 2<br \/>\nMotohaba: 2.77cm (1.09in)<br \/>\nSakihaba: 1.99cm (0.78in)<br \/>\nKasane: 0.64cm (0.25in)<br \/>\nWeight: 490g<\/p>\n<p>Era: early Edo period, 17th century<br \/>\nShape: slightly wide, thick blade with shallow curvature.<br \/>\nJigane: packed Ko-itame and Ko-mokume hada<br \/>\nHamon: Nie deki Gunome and choji covered much nie making Ko-ashi, yo and sunagashi. <\/p>\n<p>Features: Shinto: Wazamono: Jyo Saku: Settsu<br \/>\nKawachi no Kami Fujiwara Kunisuke was a swordsmith from Ise Province. He entered the school of Horikawa Kunihiro in Kyoto and studied primarily under Echigo no Kami Kunitomo. Afterward, he moved to Osaka together with his fellow student, the first-generation Kunisada, where he became highly influential in the development of the Osaka swordsmithing tradition.<br \/>\nThe exact meaning of the ura-mei \u201cMotte Jigane Togi Saku Kore\u201d (\u4ee5\u5730\u9244\u7814\u4f5c\u4e4b) is not clearly understood. However, it is known that his disciple, Tsuda Echizen no Kami Sukehiro, also engraved the same inscription on his works.\u3000There are some cracks on the surface. <\/p>\n<p>NBTHK Hozon Certificate<br \/>\nAoiArt estimation paper: Whole 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\/2026\/26230-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2026\/26230-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"32%\" height=\"32%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2026\/26230-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2026\/26230-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"27%\" height=\"27%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2026\/26230-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2026\/26230-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"31%\" height=\"31%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2026\/26230paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2026\/26230paper-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"70%\" height=\"70%\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wakizashi in Shirasaya (NBTHK Hozon Token) Signature: Kawachi no Kami Kunisuke \u6cb3\u5185\u5b88\u56fd\u52a9 Motte Jitetsu Togi Saku Kore \u4ee5\u5730\u9244\u7814\u4f5c\u4e4b (We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku). This blade is ranked as Jyojyo Saku among the works of Kawachi no Kami Kunisuke. Habaki: Single-piece copper habaki with [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[128,122],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31819","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","5":"product_cat-wakizashi-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\/31819","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=31819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=31819"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=31819"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=31819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}