NihontoWatchThe swordsmith Enomoto Sadayoshi, whose real name was Enomoto Sadaichi, was born in Tokushima Prefecture in Meiji 41 and became a student of Gassan Sadakatsu in Osaka in Showa 3. In Showa 18, he moved to Mishima City, Shizuoka Prefecture, and used the go "Yusuishi," and in his later years "Yusuishin," likely derived from that location where pure water springs forth abundantly. After receiving numerous prizes at the Shinsaku Meito Ten, he was designated Mukansa in Heisei 8. Even among the many master smiths of the Gassan Sadakatsu school, he was a fellow student of the Living National Treasures Takahashi Sadatsugu and Gassan Sadakazu; he is highly evaluated as a master of forging, and was praised alongside Takahashi Sadatsugu as "Sadatsugu for carving, Sadayoshi for forging." He passed away in Heisei 12 at the age of 92. His style faithfully inherits the ayasugi-hada of his teacher Gassan Sadakatsu, and he specialized in the Soshu-den with well-wrought jitetsu and strong nie. This work has a wide mihaba, thick kasane, is long, has a moderate sori, and presents a grand sugata ending in an o-kissaki. The kitae is truly representative of the swordsmith Enomoto Sadayoshi, with itame well-wrought and tight, mixed with o-moku, the hadame slightly standing out, ji-nie attaching thickly, chikei entering boldly, resulting in a moist hada-ai. The hamon shows an excellent workmanship with a base of o-notare mixed with gunome and ko-gunome, high yaki, midare, ashi entering, deep nioiguchi, nie attaching well and becoming uneven in places, small kinsuji entering, sunagashi appearing, and a bright nioiguchi. It is reminiscent of Soden-Bizen from the Nanbokucho period, and I believe it is perhaps a personal study of the old work: Bizen Nagayoshi. The meibun is interesting as it records that the yaki-ire was performed using the cold water of Narusawa in Nirayama, Izu Province. Mukansa
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Shinshinto · Shizuoka · around 1926-1989
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Shinshinto · Settsu
28 pieces on the market now
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Sadaharu貞晴 | 1865-1868 | 0 |
| Sadayoshi貞吉 | 1926-1989 | 0 |
| Yoshiaki吉明 | 1844-1848 | 0 |
| Naonobu直信 | 1854-1860 | 0 |
| Sadayoshi貞吉 | 1830-1863 | 0 |
Shōwa to the present: destruction and revival
The twentieth century nearly killed the craft twice: wartime distortion, then the occupation ban. The NBTHK’s founding in 1948 and licensed forging from 1953 rebuilt the sword as an art, crowned by Living National Treasures and the mukansa rank.
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