AS21175 Tanto:Gassan Sadakatsu Kinsaku(Kao)

Ordering number : AS21175
Tanto in Shirasaya with a box.(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)(Certificate by Gassan Sadakatsu)

Signature :　Koson Denka Omamorito Motte Yokotetsu
Taisho 14 Nen 11 Gatsu Kichijitsu
Gassan Sadakatsu Kinsaku(Kao)

Hakogaki: Tanto
Kunaisho I Gokamei Koson Denka Omamorito Motte Yokotetsu
Omote(front): Asahini Niou Yamazakura(Mountain cherry blossoms shining in the morning sun). Ura(back): Yamazakura Chokoku
Blade length is 6 Sun.
sword smith Gassan Sadakatsu on lucky day, November 1925.

Certificate by Gassan Sadakatsu:
1.Department of the Imperial Household
Omote(front): Asahini Niou Yamazakura(Mountain cherry blossoms shining in the morning sun) engraving.
This Tanto was made by myself on lucky day, November 1925.
written by Gassan Sadakatsu in　1927.

(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo saku, Jyo-jyo saku Jyo saku and regular saku)
This sword belongs to Jyo Jyo Saku ranking.
The blade was polished.
Habaki :　Gold foiled single Gassan habaki.
Blade length :　18.4　cm or 7.24 inches.
Sori : 0.0 cm or 0.0 inches.
Mekugi : 　1
Width at the hamachi : 1.98 cm or 0.77 inches.
Kasane : 0.48 cm or 0.18 inches.
The weight of the sword: 75 grams.
Era : Taisho 14(1925).
Shape : Slightly short Tanto, Mitsumune style.
Jigane : Ko Itame Hada well grained with Jinie attach.
The Jigane is beautiful.
Hamon : Nie Deki, thick Nioikuchi. There are Kinsuji around the Kissaki part. Boshi is round shape.

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.

From Aoi Art: As written on the box, this work was made by Afterglow Iron, who made the imperial sword at the request of the Imperial Household Ministry. It is a very valuable dagger in the work. tantou no From the Monouchi area, you can see Kinsuji, called the old man’s beard. This is probably because it is a copy of Shindo Go. The sculpture is wonderful
It is taken from Japanese poetry. When I explain it, the carving is carved with letters when it smells like Asahi, and it is explained as a sentence with a carving of wild cherry blossoms and wild cherry blossoms on the back. .. Asahi ni niou Yamazakura kana
It’s a very healthy piece and I highly recommend it with Gassan Sadakatsu’s wonderful dagger. Ubuha may be the remaining married Tanto
Motoori Norinaga: If a person asks what Yamato gokoro is, the cherry blossoms that shine in the morning sun.

NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token
Certificate by Gassan Sadakatsu
Aoi Art estimation paper: whole Oshigata.