AS20471-Katana:Naniwa Jyu Gassan Unryushi Minamoto Tadakazu

Description

Katana in Shirasaya with Koshirae. (Consignment sale)

Signature : Naniwa Jyu Gassan Unryushi Minamoto Tadakazu (Kokuin)
Keio Gan-nen 8 Gatsuhi
(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo saku, Jyojyo saku Jyo saku and regular saku)
This sword belongs to the Jyo-jyo Saku ranking.
The blade needs polishing. (Aoi Art will pay for the fee)

Habaki: copper single Habaki with gold color.
Blade length: 70.0 cm or 27.5 inches.
Sori :0.91cm or 0.35 inches.
Mekugi :  2
Width at the hamachi: 3,235cm or 1.27 inches.
Width at the Kissaki: 2.36cm or 0.92 inches.
Kasane : 0.74cm or 0.29 inches.
The weight of the sword 925 grams.
Era: Late Edo period. Keio- first year. 1865 August.
Shape: The blade is rather wide and thick with small Sori and longer Kissaki. Healthy good looking sword.
Jigane: Koitame-Hada well grained with Jinie attached beautiful and nice texture.
Hamon: Konie Deki Choji Midare and Gunome Midare mixed with many bright and clear Ashi.

Special feature: Sadakazu the First who went by the name of Yagoro was born in 1836 at Hikone in Koshu province, present Shiga province. He became an adopted son of Gassan Sadakichi who was a swordsmith who lived in Osaka. Sadakazu started to learn when he was 11 and became to able to make Ayasugi-Hada sword when he was 20.
He was approved as a Teishitsu-Gigeiin, a craftsman to the Imperial Household in 1906 and received a command to make a Gunto for the Meiji emperor in the next year. Sadakazu passed away in 1918, aged 84. He forged this katana in his last years to commemorate the enthronement of Emperor Taisho accepting a personal order by Mr. Makuma Furumi. Sadakazu the 1st had been constant in his devotion to forging sword whole his life. Everybody respected him for the nobility of his mind. His character appears on his works in every corner especially on their meticulous attended tang to the file pattern.

Koshirae :
Saya :red color Ishimeji style Saya.
Tsuba: On the oval shape iron Tsuba, a dragon is painted by Nunome inlay.
Menuki: A tiger is engraved on a Shakudo plate.
Kojiri: On the iron plate, a dragon is engraved with gold color.
Fuchikashira:On the iron plate, a dragon is painted by a gold color.

From Aoi Art: Recently it is very difficult to obtain Gassan Sadakazu which was made in Edo period. Jigane is a very smooth and active temper line which was composed by Choji-Midare and Gunome-Midare mixed. The Koshirae looks were made with the Katana in the same time. We strongly recommend this sword to you. I think this sword will also be an investment item in the future.

NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token
Aoi Art estimation paper
Whole Oshigata


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