Ordering number : 08049
Tanto in Shirasaya with original box and Gassan habaki.
Signature: Osaka ju Gassan Sadakatsu Kinsaku Kao (NBTHK Hozon Paper)
Showa 9 nen 11 Gatsu Kichijitsu (November 1934)
The blade was polished .
Blade length : 22.8 cm or 8.97 inches.
Sori : 0 cm or 0 inches.
Mekugi: 1
Width at the hamachi : 2.12 cm or 0.83 inches.
Kasane : 0.66 cm or 0.25 inches.
Era : Modern times, Showa era. (1934)
Shape : This blade is regular sized Hirazukuri , Iorimune style Tanto.
Jitetsu : Koitame hada well grained with Chikei.
Hamon :Koniedeki suguha hamon with a lot of nezumi ashi scatter.
Special feature : Gassan Sadakatsu was born as the second son of the
First Gassan Sadakazu in 1869. Sadakatsu was a representative
swordsmith of Taisho to early Showa era. He was an amazing
swordsmith to make all of Soshu-den, Bizen-den and Yamato-den.
Especially his distinctive Ayasugi-hada inherits the tradition that has
been continued from the Kamakura period still lives on in gendai
swordsmiths. Under his famous father Sadakazu the First, Sadakatsu
forged only a few swords inscribed his swordsmith name until the
death of Sadakazu in the late Taisho era. Gadakatsu put all his
energies into making his own sword after 1920 as a purveyor to the
Imperial Household, special swords to dedicate the Ise-Jingu shrine,
accepting orders by high dignitaries. He tempered sword with sincere
and faithful attitude in conformity with Shintoism. Under that he
trained many excellent swordsmiths. His two most excellent pupils,
one was his real son the Second Gassan Sadakazu and the other was
Takahashi Sadatsugu, were designated as preservers of Important
Intangible Cultural Assets, popularly known as Living National
Treasures. Sadakatsu passed away in 1943, aged 74.
In the original box:
Motte awataguchi den nagasa7sun 5 bu kinsaku oosaka jyu Gassan Sadakatsu.(Gassan sadakatsu made this Tanto which was immitated Awataguchi school)
1943 November lucky day.
NBTHK Hozon Paper
Aoi Art estimatin paper : whole Oshigata.
