{"id":34062,"date":"2026-11-12T17:53:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T08:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=34062"},"modified":"2026-11-12T17:54:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T08:54:19","slug":"daisho-tsuba-bushu-ju-masatoshi-nbthk-hozon-tosogu","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/34062\/daisho-tsuba-bushu-ju-masatoshi-nbthk-hozon-tosogu\/","title":{"rendered":"AF26095 Daisho Tsuba: Bushu Ju Masatoshi (NBTHK Hozon Tosogu)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Daisho Tsuba: Floral Design: NBTHK Hozon Certificate<br \/>\nSignature: Bushu Ju Masatoshi \u6b66\u5dde\u4f4f\u6b63\u5229<\/p>\n<p>Dai(large):<br \/>\nLength: 7.36cm (2.90in) x 6.96cm (2.74in)<br \/>\nThickness (Seppa-dai): 0.40cm (0.16in)<br \/>\nWeight: 78g<\/p>\n<p>Sho(small):<br \/>\nLength: 6.83cm (2.69in) x 6.41cm (2.52in)<br \/>\nThickness (Seppa-dai): 0.40cm (0.16in)<br \/>\nWeight: 93g<\/p>\n<p>Era: late Edo preiod, circa 18th century<\/p>\n<p>Special Feature:<br \/>\nThis shakudo tsuba features openwork carvings of various flowers, including sunflowers, peonies, narcissus, and irises, accented with dot inlays. Bushu Ju Masatoshi was a metalworker active during the late Edo period.<br \/>\nI believe the flower depicted in the upper left is a sunflower rather than a chrysanthemum. Sunflowers are said to have been introduced to Japan around 17th century, although they were not particularly popular at first. By the late Edo period, however, paintings depicting sunflowers were being produced.<\/p>\n<p>In Kiri box<br \/>\nNBTHK\u3000Hozon Certificate<br \/>\nAoi Art estimation paper<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/fittings\/2026\/F26095.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/fittings\/2026\/F26095.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/fittings\/2026\/F26095paper-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aoijapan.com\/img\/fittings\/2026\/F26095paper-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daisho Tsuba: Floral Design: NBTHK Hozon Certificate Signature: Bushu Ju Masatoshi \u6b66\u5dde\u4f4f\u6b63\u5229 Dai(large): Length: 7.36cm (2.90in) x 6.96cm (2.74in) Thickness (Seppa-dai): 0.40cm (0.16in) Weight: 78g Sho(small): Length: 6.83cm (2.69in) x 6.41cm (2.52in) Thickness (Seppa-dai): 0.40cm (0.16in) Weight: 93g Era: late Edo preiod, circa 18th century Special Feature: This shakudo tsuba features openwork carvings of various [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[133,121],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-34062","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-tsuba-en","product_cat-fittings-en","first","instock","sold-individually","shipping-taxable","product-type-auction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/34062","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=34062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=34062"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=34062"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=34062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}