{"id":32086,"date":"2026-06-21T13:58:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T04:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=32086"},"modified":"2026-06-21T13:59:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T04:59:02","slug":"af26245-tsuba-mumeiunsignedbushu-masanaganbthk-hozon-tosogu","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/32086\/af26245-tsuba-mumeiunsignedbushu-masanaganbthk-hozon-tosogu\/","title":{"rendered":"AF26245 Tsuba: Mumei(unsigned)(Bushu Masanaga)(NBTHK Hozon Tosogu)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ordering Number: AF26245<\/p>\n<p>Tsuba:(NBTHK Hozon Tosogu)<br \/>\nInscription: Mumei(unsigned)(Bushu Masanaga \u6b66\u5dde\u6b63\u9577)<\/p>\n<p>Dimensions: 7.57 cm \u00d7 6.97 cm (2.98 in \u00d7 2.74 in)<br \/>\nThickness of center: 0.44 cm (0.17 in)<br \/>\nWeight: 125 g<\/p>\n<p>Era: mid Edo period, circa 18th century<br \/>\nFeatures: An oval-shaped tsuba of shakud\u014d nanako ground, carved in high relief with a design of cherry blossoms, and the pistils are expressed with dot inlay. Bush\u016b Masanaga (It\u014d Masanaga) was a metalsmith active in the mid-Edo period. In 1710 he saw Shogun Ienobu and entered his service. The design is rendered with notable realism and demonstrates a high level of craftsmanship.\u3000Sword fittings decorated with cherry blossom motifs are relatively uncommon when compared to those featuring plum blossoms or chrysanthemums.<\/p>\n<p>In Kiri box<br \/>\nNBTHK Hozon Certificate<br \/>\nAoi Art estimation paper<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/fittings\/2026\/F26245.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/fittings\/2026\/F26245.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/fittings\/2026\/F26245paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/fittings\/2026\/F26245paper-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ordering Number: AF26245 Tsuba:(NBTHK Hozon Tosogu) Inscription: Mumei(unsigned)(Bushu Masanaga \u6b66\u5dde\u6b63\u9577) Dimensions: 7.57 cm \u00d7 6.97 cm (2.98 in \u00d7 2.74 in) Thickness of center: 0.44 cm (0.17 in) Weight: 125 g Era: mid Edo period, circa 18th century Features: An oval-shaped tsuba of shakud\u014d nanako ground, carved in high relief with a design of cherry [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[133,121],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-32086","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","5":"product_cat-tsuba-en","6":"product_cat-fittings-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\/32086","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=32086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=32086"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=32086"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=32086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}