NihontoWatchWeight: 798g (excluding saya) It has arrived, it has arrived—a famous and popular masterpiece by the swordsmith Unshu Ju Sadanori, replicating the Bizen Fukuoka Ichimonji style, which is hailed as the flower of Kamakura period swords. The swordsmith Unshu Ju Sadanori is a renowned master designated as an Important Intangible Cultural Property of Shimane Prefecture (a Living National Treasure of Shimane). He is a master craftsman who received special awards every year at the Shinsaku Meito Ten (New Masterpiece Sword Exhibition). The sugata of this katana shows an excellent mid-Kamakura period form with a distinct difference between the motohaba and sakihaba. The jigane is a wonderful, tightly packed ko-itame hada, forged into a powerful steel, and the horimono features skillfully carved bo-hi. The hamon is in nioi-deki with ko-nie, expressing the Fukuoka Ichimonji style with high-reaching gunome choji-ba, containing many ashi within the ha; it is wonderfully bright and exceptionally well-made. Because Sadanori’s father, Sadayoshi, and the Osaka Gassan smith Sadakatsu were fellow disciples, all the brothers in this lineage were given the character "Sada," connecting them to the prestigious Gassan school. We received this sword from an elderly high-ranking Iai instructor. He commissioned this light and well-balanced katana and used it to reach his high rank, but as he has aged, he requested we pass it on to a successor at a low price. Because there are some signs of use and one small, minor ha-kobore, we are offering it at a special, ultra-low price. It is light, well-balanced, has a great tachikaze (sound of the blade), and can be used for Iai immediately. Swords by the master Sadanori, designated as a Shimane Prefecture Important Intangible Cultural Property, are an object of envy for enthusiasts. First come, first served. Please enjoy this piece.
NihontoWatchOffered by Nipponto
Izumo · around 1989-2019
4 pieces on the market now
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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