my interesting Echizen blade

[Darcy]

So this sword I posted some photos of before sponsored a long and interesting research period for me. The smith is not Sadamune or Go but there ended up being a lot to write about in terms of how it hooks in with the early Edo Echizen blades.

 

I am a self professed koto bigot so I don't spend a lot of time learning about Shinto swords. I had a lot of fun digging through information on this though and made a lot of speculative conclusions. But what I felt out of this was a great sense of respect on the part of the smith for what he was doing, and I think his actions telegraph it. And that made me quite happy to experience from my standpoint now. It was bought as a blade with interesting and different horimono, but by putting it in context with the work of Yasutsugu it revealed itself as being something much more.

 

I'm posting this mostly for interest's sake, and I am very interested if anyone has any data to add. I included a lot of speculations of my own and have to kind of say read this with that in mind.

 

http://www.nihonto.ca/echizen-sadatsugu/

[Derek]

Hi Darcy.

Thank you for sharing all that info. I'm more of a koto guy myself, but I love the character of this sword. Your nihonto photo skills just continue to amaze me.

 

Derek

[Stephen]

Outstanding all around, write up as well as the photos, the koshirae blows me away as well. Sorry for not catching it but are the fittings org to the sword or something made later for it. you could not have them made for the price of such a lovely package.

[tony edmunds]

Hi Darcy

 

As you know I was very interested in your opinion of the Sadatsugu having a mumei katana with NBTHK papers to Hyugu Daijo Sadatsugu in my collection.

 

I am astounded at the level of detail your research has revealed, I'd only managed to place him in the Echizen Shimosaka school.

 

Thanks to you my sword now has an historical context and indeed a family history.

 

Regrards

Tony