Jump to content

Gassan Sadakatsu with Imperial ties


Recommended Posts

Good looking Sadakatsu tanto sold today on Live Auctioneers.  Thought I would capture a few photos for the NMB.  Hammer was $7250, making the total close to $10K once premium, taxes, shipping and fees are paid.   Looks like a nice piece, but no papers.   2019513905_ScreenShot2021-09-18at12_41_08PM.thumb.png.9f634f8b09b56eb3bc00732d16e7ca28.png1332278635_ScreenShot2021-09-18at12_40_50PM.thumb.png.39bf30419a53cdc2e962ab8673c4866b.png1269819012_ScreenShot2021-09-18at12_40_39PM.thumb.png.9781108113fbf285f9e62a24fb17d873.png55439620_ScreenShot2021-09-18at12_40_32PM.thumb.png.4f9c11cbcc9f572707c20288b88a94c0.png279509808_ScreenShot2021-09-18at12_40_15PM.thumb.png.025c0bd6fb0617fbee648ff3104d8660.png

Screen Shot 2021-09-18 at 12.41.29 PM.png

  • Like 1
  • Wow 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Come on Bob, that is just my worthless oppinion but even if a well known idiot like me can tell this is a signed text book example then why would a much smarter person not? On a blade like this there is no room for questions, uncertainity nor interpretation left. So why care for papers? As I said before I am an idiot but not so dumb as I would waste any money or getting confirmed by whoever to what is obvious.

  • Like 4
  • Thanks 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, Surfson said:

Luis, you are one of the few that don't care about papers.  Even those who have 100% confidence that a piece is shoshin.   Selling unpapered blades with big names is problematic.  

 

To make sure there are no misunderstandings: Papers do make sense in many cases (on higher priced items) especially when wanting to sell. If somebody offered be for example a signed Murmasa I would insist on recent NBTHK papers - atleast when the asking prices is that of a papered one :) ... but in this case it is like you are maried to a top model and wanted someone else to confirm your wife is fine looking-. I would not care to find a 3rd party confirm that ...

  • Like 2
  • Haha 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

G'day Guys,

Just as an aside, that habaki is probably silver gilt rather than solid gold. The patination suggests this as well. Solid gold Gassan habakis are very, very rare. The photos of the nakago aren't very clear, but the nakago jiri is very unusual for Sadakatsu. I am not crying gimei, especially with such low res photos, but I guess this just highlights the variation you can get in these features.

Cheers,

Bryce

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

The hada doesn’t look refined enough for the real deal to me. The layers seem too thick and it’s neither true ayasugi hada nor masame hada. It just doesn’t quite fit quality wise for the event it is supposed to commemorate and the person that we are told commissioned it. 
 

http://www.aoijapan.com/img/sword/2014/14615-1.jpg

  • Like 1
  • Thanks 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

G'day Guys,

Here is another one that AOIJapan had last year.

 

John, this is Sadakatsu's soshu style hada. It sort of resembles a mix of his masame and ayasugi. As with all of his hada, he made different versions, some with very fine layers and some with thick layers like this example. I don't think this example can be gimei. It must just be the poor quality photos which make both the nakago jiri and his kao look odd.

Cheers,

Bryce

19476-3.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

SADAHIRO (貞弘), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Nara – “Kita Minamoto Sadahiro”

(喜多源貞弘), “Washū Ikaruga-jū Minamoto Sadahiro” (和州斑鳩住源貞弘), “Yamato no 

Kuni Yagyū-shō Minamoto Sadahiro” (大和国柳生庄源 貞弘), real name Kita Hiroshi 

(喜多弘), born February 9th 1922, he entered in 1939 an apprenticeship with Gassan Sadakatsu 

(月山貞勝) and worked from 1943 as kaigun-

Link to comment
Share on other sites

G'day Bob,

It is definitely a pattern favoured by the Gassan smiths. There are different variations of it, but it consists, of a series of bare patches within a cat-scratch background, arranged in lines. Here is my silver gilt, Gassan Sadakatsu habaki. Does any one know what this pattern represents or how it came about?

Cheers,

Bryce

 

Habaki1.jpg

Habaki3.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Well, I am used to ayasugi or masame with Sadakazu and Sadakatsu Volker, but they do branch out.   I have a blade done by Sadakazu that was done in Soshu style as a Masamune utsushi, and it looks nothing like the typical sword of his.  

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

This thread is quite old. Please consider starting a new thread rather than reviving this one, unless your post is really relevant and adds to the topic..

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
×
  • Create New...