{"id":2126,"date":"2015-09-27T10:47:44","date_gmt":"2015-09-27T14:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/?p=2126"},"modified":"2017-04-27T11:44:36","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T15:44:36","slug":"kanabo-masatsugu-muromachi-period-1573-1593","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/?p=2126","title":{"rendered":"Kanabo Masatsugu &#8211; Muromachi Period &#8211; Genki -1573 &#8211; 1592"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This sword is the work of second generation Masatsugu from the Kanabo school. He was rated Wazamono;\u00a0https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Wazamono, and his swords were highly prized by the Samurai of the Sengoko Era of constant warfare because of their superior strength and cutting ability. His swords were made for intense combat and based on their survival rate they proved to be worthy. He made a Jumonji Yari for the famous Buddhist monk,<em>H\u014dz\u014din In&#8217;ei,\u00a0<\/em> head of the H\u014dz\u014din temple, and guardian of all the temples of Nara, who founded a school of S\u014djutsu called H\u014dz\u014din-ry\u016b. This blade exhibited here has a cutting edge of 25.5 inches and nice curve ( sori ). The blade is in excellent condition, showing a clean old polish and much activity in the hamon. Accompanying this sword is a<span id=\"result_box\" class=\"short_text\" lang=\"en\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"short_text\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hps\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0010;\"><b>Certificate<\/b><\/span> by <b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #00ae5f;\">Kobayashi Yukinobu<\/span><\/span><\/b> of Juho-Token-Kenkyukai,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">(the Former Executive director of <span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>NBTHK<\/b><\/span>).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2131\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/?attachment_id=2131\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1032,1040\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Masatsugu1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu1-298x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu1-1016x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2131\" src=\"http:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu1.jpg\" alt=\"Masatsugu1\" width=\"1032\" height=\"1040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu1.jpg 1032w, https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu1-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu1-1016x1024.jpg 1016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1032px) 100vw, 1032px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2132\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/?attachment_id=2132\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1032,1166\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Masatsugu2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu2-266x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu2-906x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2132\" src=\"http:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu2.jpg\" alt=\"Masatsugu2\" width=\"1032\" height=\"1166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu2.jpg 1032w, https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu2-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu2-906x1024.jpg 906w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1032px) 100vw, 1032px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2133\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/?attachment_id=2133\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1030,788\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Masatsugu3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu3-300x230.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu3-1024x783.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2133\" src=\"http:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu3.jpg\" alt=\"Masatsugu3\" width=\"1030\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu3.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu3-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu3-1024x783.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2134\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/?attachment_id=2134\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu4.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1032,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Masatsugu4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu4-300x174.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu4-1024x595.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2134\" src=\"http:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu4.jpg\" alt=\"Masatsugu4\" width=\"1032\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu4.jpg 1032w, https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu4-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu4-1024x595.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1032px) 100vw, 1032px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2135\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/?attachment_id=2135\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu5.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1032,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Masatsugu5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu5-300x174.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu5-1024x595.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2135\" src=\"http:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu5.jpg\" alt=\"Masatsugu5\" width=\"1032\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu5.jpg 1032w, https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu5-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu5-1024x595.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1032px) 100vw, 1032px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2136\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/?attachment_id=2136\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu6.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1032,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Masatsugu6\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu6-300x174.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu6-1024x595.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2136\" src=\"http:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu6.jpg\" alt=\"Masatsugu6\" width=\"1032\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu6.jpg 1032w, https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu6-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu6-1024x595.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1032px) 100vw, 1032px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2137\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/?attachment_id=2137\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu7.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1032,652\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Masatsugu7\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu7-300x190.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu7-1024x647.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2137\" src=\"http:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu7.jpg\" alt=\"Masatsugu7\" width=\"1032\" height=\"652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu7.jpg 1032w, https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu7-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu7-1024x647.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1032px) 100vw, 1032px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu4.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu1.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Masatsugu1.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This sword is the work of second generation Masatsugu from the Kanabo school. He was rated Wazamono;\u00a0https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Wazamono, and his swords were highly prized by the Samurai of the Sengoko Era of constant warfare because of their superior strength and cutting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/?p=2126\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-japanese-swords"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Lbe7-yi","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2126"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2213,"href":"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2126\/revisions\/2213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}