AS26219 Tanto: Gassan Sadakazu(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)

Ordering Number: AS26219

Tanto in Shirasaya with Koshirae (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)

Signature:
Gassan Sadakazu 月山貞一　(written seal mark)
Meiji Sanju-nen Hachi-gatsu Hi (August 1897)
明治三十年八月日

(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku).
This blade is ranked as Jyojyo Saku among the works of Gassan Sadakazu.

Habaki: Single gold-plated habaki
Blade Length: 21.8cm (8.58in)
Curvature: 0.0cm (0.00in)
Mekugi-ana: 1
Motohaba: 2.31cm (0.91in)
Kasane: 0.59cm (0.23in)
Weight: 125g

Era: Meiji 30 (1897)
Shape: slightly small Tanto with Mutsumune, carved with Kenmaki-ryu( a dragon coiled around a sword) and Hatahoko(banner spear).
Jigane: Itame, mokume and Ayasugi-hada
Hamon: Notare and Gunome with much nie making thick nioikuchi and sunagashi and kinsuji.

Features: Shinshinto: Jyojyo Saku: Settsu
Gassan Sadakazu was the leading swordsmiths of the Meiji and Taisho periods and is also well known as the father of Sadakatsu. He began working as a swordsmith in his teens during the end of the Edo period, displaying remarkable talent from an early age. Even after the Haitorei Edict prohibited the wearing of swords and caused many swordsmiths to abandon their craft, Sadakazu continued to forge swords.
In 1906, he was appointed an Imperial Household Artist (Teishitsu Gigeiin), the highest distinction bestowed upon craftsmen of the time. He forged swords for Emperor Meiji, as well as for other members of the Imperial Family and prominent military figures.
This work demonstrates Sadakazu’s exceptional skill in every aspect, from its construction and forging of the jihada to the hamon and horimono.

Koshirae: Aikuchi koshirae: newly made
Saya (Scabbard): reddish brown-colored lacquered saya with gold Mitsudomoe crests
Menuki: gold base, dragon motif

NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate
AoiArt estimation paper: Whole Oshigata

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