SwordGuyJoe Posted November 25, 2017 Report Share Posted November 25, 2017 All, My collection is focused, as most know, on a small subset of Gendai smiths. The goal of the collection is to have one tanto, one wakizashi, and one daito. When I upgrade any of these blades, it is time to sell. To this point, I will be listing a few swords. All are excellent, all are papered, but all need to go. I will accept staged payments if needed and a donation will be made to the board. This is a very rare blade by Sakai Ikkansai Shigemasa. I have been collecting this smith for years and this is the only Osoraku Tanto I have ever seen by him. The blade is in good polish and has NTHK Papers. Price: $3,000 Sword Information: Type: Tanto Sugata: Osoraku Mei: Ikkansai Shigemasa (Kao) Date/Era: January 4th, 1967 School/Den: Kasama Ikkansai Shigetsugu Mon Tradition: Soden-Bizen Authentication/Papers: NTHK Kanteisho Sword Details: Nagasa: 22.75 cm Nakago Jiri: Ubu, Ha Agari Yasurime: Kurijiri Mune: Iori Jihada: Itame Hamon: Active Choji Midare, with Sunagashi and Kinsuji Boshi: Komaru, w/ Short Turnback Smith Information: Rating: - Toko-Taikan: 2 Million Yen - Gendai Tosho Ninki Banzuke: East Block, Maegashira Smith Details: Shigemasa (繁政), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Tōkyō – „Shigemasa“ (繁正), „Sakai Ikkansai Shigemasa“ (酒井一貫斎繁正), „Tōtō Jōhoku ni oite Sakai Ikkansai Shigemasa kinsaku“ (東都於城北酒井一貫斎繁正謹作), „Sakai Ikkansai Shigemasa“ (酒井一貫斎繁政), „Sakai Shigemasa hori-dōsaku“ (酒井繁政彫同作), civilian name „Sakai Hiroshi“ (酒井寛), he was born on August 19th 1905 as third son of Sakai Yasujirō (酒井安次郎), the younger brother of Miyaguchi Shigetoshi (宮口繁寿), in Shizuoka, in 1925 he started his apprenticeship as a swordsmith under Kasama Shigetsugu (笠間繁継) and became independent in 1932, he signed his name first with the characters (繁正), during World War II he worked for the forges „Nihontō-tanrenkai“ (日本刀鍛錬会) and „Ōkura-Nihontō-tanrenjo“ (大倉日本刀鍛錬所), later he lived in Tōkyō´s Itabashi district (板橋), as his master Shigetsugu he too was an excellent horimono carver, he died 1995 at the age of 91, during World War II he forged ten tantō for Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku (山本五十六, 1884-1943) who rewarded several persons with them for their merits in assisting the attack on Pearl Harbor which was also co-planned by Yamamoto From Markus Sesko's, "Index of Japanese Swordsmiths" Photo Credit: Ray Singer (www.swordsofjapan.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stephen Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 bout time someone invested!!! well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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