{"id":31931,"date":"2026-06-11T16:29:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T07:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=31931"},"modified":"2026-06-11T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T07:30:00","slug":"as25410-katana-bizen-osafune-tadamitsu-utsushi-amahide-saku-2","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/31931\/as25410-katana-bizen-osafune-tadamitsu-utsushi-amahide-saku-2\/","title":{"rendered":"AS25410 Katana: Bizen Osafune Tadamitsu Utsushi Amahide Saku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ordering Number: AS25410 (Consignment Sale)<\/p>\n<p>Katana in Shirasaya\u3000(Non guaranteed) <\/p>\n<p>Signature:<br \/>\nBizen Osafune Tadamitsu Utsushi \u5099\u524d\u9577\u8239\u5fe0\u5149\u5199\u30b7<br \/>\nAmahide Saku \u5929\u79c0\u4f5c\u3000<\/p>\n<p>A date in August, 1937 \u662d\u548c\u5341\u4e8c\u5e74\u516b\u6708\u65e5<br \/>\nShortened during the Japan-China Incident\u3000\u65e5\u652f\u4e8b\u5909\u647a\u4e4b\u4e0a<\/p>\n<p>We classify swords into Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku, and Regular Saku based on the swordsmith&#8217;s skill.<br \/>\nThis work is ranked as Jyojyo Saku for Bizen Osafune Tadamitsu Utsushi Tenshu Saku.<\/p>\n<p>Habaki: Single copper<br \/>\nBlade Length: 64.8cm (25.51in)<br \/>\nCurvature: 1.6cm (0.63in)<br \/>\nMekugi-ana: 3 (1 plugged, 1 missing)<br \/>\nMotohaba: 3.14cm (1.24in)<br \/>\nSakihaba: 1.6cm (0.63in)<br \/>\nKasane: 0.63cm (0.25in)<br \/>\nWeight: 690g<\/p>\n<p>Era: Showa period, 20th century <\/p>\n<p>Shape: wide and thick blade with curvature and a noticeable difference between Motohaba and Sakihaba.<br \/>\nJigane: Fine Ko-itame hada, densely forged, forming plain jigane.<br \/>\nHamon: Nie-deki gunome midare <\/p>\n<p>Features:<br \/>\nAccording to the inscription, this sword is said to have been made by Tenshu (Suishinshi Masahide) as a reproduction of a work by Bizen Osafune Tadamitsu. However, in my opinion, the workmanship appears to be of a later period. Therefore, we offer this sword for sale without guarantee of attribution.<\/p>\n<p>Aoi Art estimation paper: Whole Oshigata<br \/>\nPlease note: the price does not include the international shipping fees.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25410-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25410-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\" height=\"35%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25410-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25410-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20%\" height=\"20%\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25410-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/sword\/2025\/25410-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"25%\" height=\"25%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ordering Number: AS25410 (Consignment Sale) Katana in Shirasaya\u3000(Non guaranteed) Signature: Bizen Osafune Tadamitsu Utsushi \u5099\u524d\u9577\u8239\u5fe0\u5149\u5199\u30b7 Amahide Saku \u5929\u79c0\u4f5c\u3000 A date in August, 1937 \u662d\u548c\u5341\u4e8c\u5e74\u516b\u6708\u65e5 Shortened during the Japan-China Incident\u3000\u65e5\u652f\u4e8b\u5909\u647a\u4e4b\u4e0a We classify swords into Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku, and Regular Saku based on the swordsmith&#8217;s skill. This work is ranked as Jyojyo Saku for [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[123,122],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31931","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\/31931","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=31931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=31931"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=31931"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=31931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}