NihontoWatchA sunnobi tanto that demonstrates the characteristics and high level of skill of the Gassan family through its beautifully uniform ayasugi-kitae and the concise carvings on both sides. The swordsmith Sadakazu (貞一) was the grandson of the first generation Sadakazu (貞一), who succeeded the Gassan house at the end of the Edo period, and was born in Meiji 40 in Yariyacho, an Osaka craftsman district. He was involved in sword making from his mid-teens, dedicated a tachi for the 700th anniversary festival of Emperor Gotoba (後鳥羽天皇), and was also involved in the production of dedicated tachi for the Ise Jingu Shikinen Sengu. He won consecutive special prizes at the Shinsaku Meito Ten, received the Masamune-sho, the highest award, in Showa 44, and was designated a Juyo Mukei Bunkazai Hojisha in Showa 46.
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Yamato · around 1907-1995
Tōken Taikan top 49%
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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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