A BEAUTIFUL PRECIOUS ADMIRAL / GENERAL’S KATANA BY JAPANESE NATIONAL TREASURE GASSAN SADAKAZU

PRECIOUS WW2 GENERAL’S KATANA BY JAPANESE NATIONAL TREASURE GASSAN SADAKAZU
Katana in Shirasaya with original Koshirae. (NBTHK Hozon Token)
Signature: Osaka Ju Gassan Sadakazu Seitan Kore
Meiji 38 Nen Ro Senbotsu Kinen 71 Okina
Blade length: 68.2 cm or 26.8 inches .
Sori:1.52 Cm Or 0.59 Inches
Width At The Hamachi:. 2.49 Cm Or 0.98 Inches
Width At The Kissaki:. 1.76 Cm Or 0.69 Inches
Kasane:. 0.68 Cm Or 0.26 Inches
The Weight Of The Sword blade is 490 Grams.
Shape: narrow and thin blade. Bo-hi is engraved on both sides.
Hamon: Niedeki inversed Choji Midare like Aoe.
Long Kinsuji work around Hamachi or front side
Special feature: Sadakazu the First who went by the name of Yagoro was
born in 1836 at Hikone in Koshu Sukoashi mura village,
present Shiga pref. He became an adopted son of Gassan
Sadayoshi who lived at Osaka.
Sadakazu started to learn when he was eleven years old.
He was approved as a Teishitsu-gigeiin, a
Craftman to the Imperial Household in 1906 and received a
command to make a gunto for the Emperor Meiji in the next
year. Sadakazu passed away in 1918, aged 73.
Sadakazu’s second son, Sadakatsu was also a famous
swordsmith. Sadakatsu’s third son succeeded the name
Sadakazu as the Second was approved an important
intangible cultural assets known as Ningen-kokuho in the
postwar Japan.
Koshirae: Navy Gunto Koshirae. Samegawa
From Kyodai Originals: Gassan Sadakazu was copied the inverted (sakasa) Choji-midare of Aoe style.
He used to make swords for navy admiral or high ranking officer( Genaral ).
According to the back May, the blade was made at 71 years
of age memory of the passed away soldiers at Japan and Russia war.
This Aoe style sakasa Cyoji midair hamon and also kinsuzi are fantastic.
Sadakatsu is one of the most famous sword smith, and also the special feature of this sword is the Koshirae.
The Koshirae shape is not the same as the usual one and also all of the Seppa and Tsuba have the same product number,
it means that the Koshirae is in the original condition for over 100 years.
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h the NBTHK Hozon Token paper.