{"id":358,"date":"2025-08-17T03:19:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T12:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bushido-antique-japan.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=358"},"modified":"2025-08-23T20:45:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T05:45:15","slug":"japanese-sword-by-noshu-hiromune-forged-on-an-auspicious-day-november-2023","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/bushido-antique-japan.com\/ja\/product\/japanese-sword-by-noshu-hiromune-forged-on-an-auspicious-day-november-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Newly Forged Sword | Hiromune \/ 74.4 cm"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"product-subtitle\">\u3010Newly Forged Sword\u3011 Noshu Hiromune \/ June, Reiwa 6 (2024)<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"63\" data-end=\"322\"><strong data-start=\"63\" data-end=\"160\">Swordsmith Takaba Hiromune (real name: Hiroshi Takaba) resides in Seki City, Gifu Prefecture.<\/strong><br data-start=\"160\" data-end=\"163\" \/>Born in 1954 (Showa 29), he began his apprenticeship in 1973 under his father, swordsmith Takaba Makoto, and was officially licensed to forge swords in 1978.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"324\" data-end=\"588\">Since his first entry in the <em data-start=\"353\" data-end=\"394\">Newly Made Masterpiece Sword Exhibition<\/em> hosted by <strong data-start=\"405\" data-end=\"468\">The Society for Preservation of Japanese Art Swords <\/strong>\u00a0in 1978, he has received numerous awards, including one Special Prize, two Excellence Prizes, and four Effort Prizes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"590\" data-end=\"772\">From the beginning of his training, he has pursued the <em data-start=\"645\" data-end=\"656\">Soshu-den<\/em> style of Shizu Saburo Kaneuji, and today he is recognized as one of the leading contemporary swordsmiths of Seki.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[21],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-358","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-shinken-live-blades","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"shipping-taxable","11":"purchasable","12":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bushido-antique-japan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bushido-antique-japan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bushido-antique-japan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bushido-antique-japan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bushido-antique-japan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bushido-antique-japan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bushido-antique-japan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=358"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bushido-antique-japan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=358"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bushido-antique-japan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}