This is an excellent sword made in the third year of Eiroku (1560), the year of the Battle of Okehazama. It features a wide body, thick kasane, strong shinogi-suji, a restrained sori, and a powerful chu-kissaki. The jigane is well-packed itame with mokume mixed with ji-kei, showing vivid swirling hada patterns and clear midare-utsuri with yubashiri. The hamon is complex with gunome, ko-gunome, choji, yamagata-ba, togari-gokoro-ba, and crab claw-like patterns, which are characteristic of Yosazaemonjo Sukesada.
NihontoWatchBETAmei · Muromachi
Bizen-den · Bizen
71 pieces on the market now
Sukesada (祐定) is the great name of late-Muromachi Osafune, the most prosperous of the Bizen forges that scholars group together as Sue-Bizen. The signature was carried by a body of smiths so large that the early-modern reference Hayami-dashi lists as many as twenty-one who appended a zokumyo (common name) to distinguish themselves, and the published commentary is blunt that of all the late-Osafune families the Sukesada line was the largest and most productive. Two registers of work issue from this single name. Learn more →
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Sukesada祐定 | 1504-1551 | 72 |
| Sukesada祐定 | 1532-1583 | 18 |
| Sukesada祐定 | 1547-1592 | 8 |
| Sukesada祐定 | 1487-1521 | 5 |
| Sukesada祐定 | 1532-1573 | 3 |
We could not find an authenticity certificate on the seller’s listing. Japanese swords and fittings are normally papered by the NBTHK (or the NTHK). Without one, the attribution is the seller’s own assessment and has not been independently verified — treat it with caution and ask the dealer about certification before buying.
If, due to our fault, the item differs significantly from its proper condition, the item may be returned. Cooling-off is within one week of the item's arrival.
This is an excellent sword made in the third year of Eiroku (1560), the year of the Battle of Okehazama. It features a wide body, thick kasane, strong shinogi-suji, a restrained sori, and a powerful chu-kissaki. The jigane is well-packed itame with mokume mixed with ji-kei, showing vivid swirling hada patterns and clear midare-utsuri with yubashiri. The hamon is complex with gunome, ko-gunome, choji, yamagata-ba, togari-gokoro-ba, and crab claw-like patterns, which are characteristic of Yosazaemonjo Sukesada.
NihontoWatchBETAmei · Muromachi
Bizen-den · Bizen
71 pieces on the market now
Sukesada (祐定) is the great name of late-Muromachi Osafune, the most prosperous of the Bizen forges that scholars group together as Sue-Bizen. The signature was carried by a body of smiths so large that the early-modern reference Hayami-dashi lists as many as twenty-one who appended a zokumyo (common name) to distinguish themselves, and the published commentary is blunt that of all the late-Osafune families the Sukesada line was the largest and most productive. Two registers of work issue from this single name. Learn more →
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Sukesada祐定 | 1504-1551 | 72 |
| Sukesada祐定 | 1532-1583 | 18 |
| Sukesada祐定 | 1547-1592 | 8 |
| Sukesada祐定 | 1487-1521 | 5 |
| Sukesada祐定 | 1532-1573 | 3 |
We could not find an authenticity certificate on the seller’s listing. Japanese swords and fittings are normally papered by the NBTHK (or the NTHK). Without one, the attribution is the seller’s own assessment and has not been independently verified — treat it with caution and ask the dealer about certification before buying.
If, due to our fault, the item differs significantly from its proper condition, the item may be returned. Cooling-off is within one week of the item's arrival.
