Ordering number : 08631
Katana in Shirasaya
Signature: Osaka ju Gassan Sadakazu tsukuru no (NBTHK Hozon Paper)
Meiji 34 nen 2 gatsu hi (February 1901)
(Shinshinto Jojo saku ranking. Settsu province.)
The blade was polished .
Blade length : 75.8 cm or 29.84 inches.
Sori : 2.0 cm or 0.78 inches.
Mekugi: 1
Width at the hamachi : 2.76 cm or 1.08 inches.
Wide at the Kissaki : 1.96 cm or 0.77 inches.
Kasane : 0.76 cm or 0.29 inches.
Era :Meiji period.
Shape : The blade is regular sized mihaba and kasane and long sword.
Jitetsu :Koitame hada well grained with jinie attach and fantastic nice jigane.
Hamon :Niedeki gunome midare and sakasa cyoji midare hamon with deep nioikuchi.
In Ha, there are many sunagashi and also fantastic small kinsuji scatter.
Special feature : Sadakazu the First who went by the name of Yagoro
was born in 1836 at Hikone in Koshu province, present Shiga pref.
He became an adopted son of Gassan Sadakichi who lived at Osaka.
Sadakazu started to learn when he was eleven years old.
He was approved as a Teishitsu-gigeiin, a Craftman to the Imperial
Household in 1906 and received a command to make a gunto for the Emperor Meiji in the next year.
Sadakazu passed away in 1918, aged 73.
This blade looks like Unji Sakasa Cyoji midare which was working at Kamakura period.
The blade was polished by Sashikomi polish.
So the hamon is very clear and easy to see the Hataraki in ha because of the sashikomi polish.
We recommend this sword for your collection.
NBTHK Hozon Paper
Aoi Art estimation paper : whole Oshigata.
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