Ordering number : 08086
Tanto in Shirasaya with Koshirae and box for Shirasaya.
Signature: Nihon no Satetsu wo motte (NBTHK Hozon Paper)
Osaka ju Gassan Sadakatsu saku
The blade was polished .
Blade length : 16.95 cm or 6.67 inches.
Sori : 0 cm or 0 inches.
Mekugi: 1
Width at the hamachi : 1.99 cm or 0.78 inches.
Kasane : 0.58 cm or 0.22 inches.
Era : Modern times. Showa era.
Shape : This blade is regular sized Hirazukuri , Iorimune style Tanto.
Jitetsu : Koitamehada well grained with Jinie attach and Chikei work.
Hamon : Suguha hamon. In Ha there are a few Koashi and Sunagashi
work.
Koshirae :
Saya : Brown Urushi-nuri Saya like a Masame
Fuchi: On the Shibuichi plate, wave and dragon are engraved with gold color Iroe.
Kashira: Made with Tsuno.
Menuki : On the Suaka (copper) plate, Temari ball and Shishi are engraved with gold color Iroe.
Tsuba : Made with Bekko (tortoiseshell).
Kojiri : On the Shibuichi plate, dipper and whip are engraved with gold and Copper color Iroe.
Kozuka: On the silver plate, dragon and Kiri-kamon are engraved.
This Koshirae doesn’t have Kogatana.
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 period. 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’s 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.
This Tanto tried to make Rai Kunitoshi.
And box’s Hakogaki is written by Gassan Sadakatsu , and it is very precious.
NBTHK Hozon Paper
Aoi Art estimatin paper : whole Oshigata.
Box for Shirasaya.
