For sale Katana by Gassan Sadakatsu with koshirae

Brano · March 11, 2023

Type (Tachi, Katana, Wakizashi, Tanto, Naginata, Other) : Katana
Ubu, Suriage or O-Suriage : Ubu
Mei : (Mumei, Signature) : Osaka-ju Gassan Sadakatsu kinsaku, 2600th Imperial anniversary ( 1940 )
Papered or not and by whom? : NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon
Era/Age : Showa, 1940
Shirasaya, Koshirae or Bare Blade? : with koshirae and shirasaya, single solid silver habaki "Gassan" style
Nagasa/Blade Length : 68.4 cm
Sori : 2.2 cm
Hamon Type : nie gunome/midare
Jihada : ayasugi
Other Hataraki Visible : sunagashi, hotsure, yubashiri
Flaws : None
Sword Location : Slovakia
Will ship to : prefered within EU, worldwide possible
Payment Methods Accepted : Bank transfer, Paypal
Price and Currency : 12.600 EUR
Other Info and Full Description : motohaba 3.2 cm, sakihaba 2.1 cm, kissaki 3.3 cm, nakago 20.5 cm, motokasane 6.9 mm, sakikasane 5.4 mm, nakago kasane 7.4 mm, weight 791 g

Extensive sayagaki by Tanobe-sensei:

Ōsaka-jū Gassan Sadakatsu kinsaku

This work is from the Imperial Date “Kōki 2600” (in other words, 1940).

Sadakatsu, who was the first son of Gassan Sadakazu, and the father of the Living National Treasure Gassan Sadakazu 2^nd. He was appointed swordsmith to the army, and this sword was deliberately made slightly shorter for army use. It shows the typical Gassan “ayasugi-hada” as well as hamon with nie in gunome-midare, sunagashi, hotsure, yubashiri, etc.. This is a fine sword with plenty of activities to see.

Length 2 shaku, 2 sun, 5 bu

Tanzan shikisu

December 2020

You can find the complete gallery of photos in HiRes here

https://eu.zonerama.com/Nihonto/Album/9311454