It has appeared, it has appeared! A miraculous daisho set of meito by the swordsmith Kenryushi Sadaharu has appeared. The reason it is called miraculous is that this daisho by Sadaharu was custom-ordered in Keio 2 (1866) (159 years ago)—exactly at the time Tokugawa Yoshinobu became the 15th Shogun—for a high-ranking samurai of the 270,950 koku Tsu Domain in Mie, whose ancestral founder was Lord Todo Takatora, the famous Sengoku warlord and master of castle construction who was greatly favored by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. After the Haitorei (Sword Abolishment Edict) of the Meiji era, this daisho was separated and went its own ways, but fortunately, after 150 years, this daisho has become a matched set once again. It is a lucky and miraculous daisho.

The maker, Kenryushi Sadaharu, was a student of the famous Osaka smith Gassan Sadayoshi and was a senior smith to the Imperial Court Artist Gassan Teiichi. Because he performed daisaku (work on behalf of the master) for his teacher Gassan Sadayoshi, and due to the Haitorei, his extant works are extremely few, making this daisho wonderfully precious.

The daito exhibits a magnificent sugata with a wide motohaba and sakihaba, shallow sori, and an extended kissaki. The wakizashi exhibits a powerful hira-zukuri shape, also with a wide motohaba and sakihaba. The jigane of both the large and small swords shows a ko-itame hada mixed with masame hada, appearing bright and powerful, with masterful forging. The hamon of both is also magnificent, tempered in nioi-deki with ko-nie, featuring a bright straight suguha tone where the masame hada appears within the ha, showing unrestrained hataraki. It is a meito that looks exactly like a grand masterpiece daisho by Gassan Teiichi.

Kenryushi Sadaharu is also a famous swordsmith whose place of forging is clearly known; he worked in Ikutama-no-sho, Tennoji-ku, the center of Osaka, where the Ikukunitama Jinja—Osaka's premier former kanpei-taisha (Imperial shrine) which enshrines a deity equal to Amaterasu Omikami of Ise Grand Shrine—is enshrined.

On this occasion, an elderly connoisseur has entrusted us with these, saying, "I have grown old, so please pass these on to a successor at a low price." Therefore, we are offering this wonderfully lucky daisho set of meito by Kenryushi Sadaharu, reunited after 150 years, at a special bargain price. Please truly enjoy them.

It has appeared, it has appeared! A miraculous daisho set of meito by the swordsmith Kenryushi Sadaharu has appeared. The reason it is called miraculous is that this daisho by Sadaharu was custom-ordered in Keio 2 (1866) (159 years ago)—exactly at the time Tokugawa Yoshinobu became the 15th Shogun—for a high-ranking samurai of the 270,950 koku Tsu Domain in Mie, whose ancestral founder was Lord Todo Takatora, the famous Sengoku warlord and master of castle construction who was greatly favored by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. After the Haitorei (Sword Abolishment Edict) of the Meiji era, this daisho was separated and went its own ways, but fortunately, after 150 years, this daisho has become a matched set once again. It is a lucky and miraculous daisho.

The maker, Kenryushi Sadaharu, was a student of the famous Osaka smith Gassan Sadayoshi and was a senior smith to the Imperial Court Artist Gassan Teiichi. Because he performed daisaku (work on behalf of the master) for his teacher Gassan Sadayoshi, and due to the Haitorei, his extant works are extremely few, making this daisho wonderfully precious.

The daito exhibits a magnificent sugata with a wide motohaba and sakihaba, shallow sori, and an extended kissaki. The wakizashi exhibits a powerful hira-zukuri shape, also with a wide motohaba and sakihaba. The jigane of both the large and small swords shows a ko-itame hada mixed with masame hada, appearing bright and powerful, with masterful forging. The hamon of both is also magnificent, tempered in nioi-deki with ko-nie, featuring a bright straight suguha tone where the masame hada appears within the ha, showing unrestrained hataraki. It is a meito that looks exactly like a grand masterpiece daisho by Gassan Teiichi.

Kenryushi Sadaharu is also a famous swordsmith whose place of forging is clearly known; he worked in Ikutama-no-sho, Tennoji-ku, the center of Osaka, where the Ikukunitama Jinja—Osaka's premier former kanpei-taisha (Imperial shrine) which enshrines a deity equal to Amaterasu Omikami of Ise Grand Shrine—is enshrined.

On this occasion, an elderly connoisseur has entrusted us with these, saying, "I have grown old, so please pass these on to a successor at a low price." Therefore, we are offering this wonderfully lucky daisho set of meito by Kenryushi Sadaharu, reunited after 150 years, at a special bargain price. Please truly enjoy them.