Gassan School info wanted.

[bmoore1322]

Okay, Ive looked and cannot find too much info about a sword I own now, it was made by the Gassan , Suishinshi School(Yamato Den), from the Late Edo era, Shinshinto Period.

 

The blade seems to be almost straight with hardly any Sori to it, does anyone else own a sword comparable to this.

 

Please let me know

 

 

Thanks

Brian

[cisco-san]

I guess this was the auction:

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Japanese-Sword- ... 7675.l2557

[bmoore1322]

Yes, I bought it from there, and the eBay is a member in here also, that's not what i was asking, I've read some on the history, and such, and was curious if anyone else had an similar sword as this one also, and if they had anymore info about the the Gassan School, that's all, nothing else.

 

How common was the almost no curvature Sori on it.

 

Brian

[nagamaki - Franco]

http://www.nihonto.ca/gassan-sadayoshi/

[bmoore1322]

@ Franco.

 

Thank you, much appreciated.

 

Brian

[steve0]

and this

 

but the dates don't make sense so consider yourself forewarned. if anyone can shed light on what those dates mean under each name i would be very grateful as they have me confused

 

 

and

 

http://nihontoclub.com/schools/OsakaGassan

 

and

 

http://nihontoclub.com/smiths/SAD850

 

the only straight blade I found in the records i have access to was one made for a special occasion by Sadayoshi's adopted son Sadakazu who was known for his shallow sori apparently....take this with a grain of salt though as i am very new to this area of study.

 

I am still trying to unearth more information on my own Gassan blade but it has not been easy going thus far.

 

hope this helps

[Pete Klein]

Those are the Japanese era dates - the years for Taisho, Showa, etc. with the last four being the birth/death years (except where still, alive of course).

[Brian]

I'm guessing what led to the Gassan attribution was the semi-ayasugi hada in places.

Towards the end of Meiji period and this late period of sword production, I don't think trends such as sori etc meant as much as before..smiths were doing whatever, and you can find any variant of style. This sword could have been mounted as a shizue-komi to explain the lack of sori..or just at the whim of the maker. I wouldn't read too much into it.

 

Brian

[steve0]

Those are the Japanese era dates - the years for Taisho, Showa, etc. with the last four being the birth/death years (except where still, alive of course).

 

thank you

[Ford Hallam]

This might be worth looking at; http://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Master-Swordsmiths-Gassan-Tradition/dp/0878463097

 

There's a katana by Sadakazu (no: 6) illustrated that looks very similar in terms of overall shape. It has a bit more sori (1cm) but the nakago and kissaki are quite alike. Masame hada, chu-suguha hamon with hotsure and a nijuba/sanjuba look about it. From what I can make out the boshi has some similarities with yours.