NihontoWatchWeight without the saya: 1051g It has arrived, it has arrived; a masterpiece by the famous swordsmith Seishinshi Sadatoshi, a copy of Bizen no Kuni Osafune O-Kanemitsu, has arrived. The swordsmith Seishinshi Sadatoshi's real name is Kojima Hiroshi. He lived in Komatsushima City, Tokushima Prefecture. Born in Showa 4. He was a pupil of his father, Genbusai Nagatoshi. His father Nagatoshi was an extremely famous swordsmith during the war for forging the sharpest cutting swords in Japan. Sadatoshi also demonstrated excellent skill in the Bizen-den, and a story has been passed down that in the past, one of Sadatoshi's swords had its mei removed and was given a kiwame to the master smith Koyama Munetsugu in a Nippon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai shinsa; he was so skilled that he reportedly said it was frustrating to have his work mistaken for a mere Koyama Munetsugu. This sword is a copy of the famous Kamakura period masterpiece by Bizen no Kuni Osafune Kanemitsu. The sugata shows a magnificent form with a wide moto-mihaba and a slight difference at the saki-mihaba, the jigane is a wonderfully well-forged ko-itame hada showing a powerful jigane, and the horimono is a deeply carved, splendid bo-hi. The hamon is a gunome-midare in nioi-deki with ko-nie, which is not seen in modern swords, mixed with ambitious pointed ha in a copy of O-Kanemitsu; it is a splendid recreation of O-Kanemitsu. This time, we received this sword from an old connoisseur who had this O-Kanemitsu copy specially made long ago because he liked O-Kanemitsu, but as he has grown old, he asked us to pass it on cheaply to someone who will cherish it; therefore, we are offering it at a special bargain price. Please enjoy this masterpiece copy of O-Kanemitsu by Tokushima Prefecture's pride, the swordsmith Seishinshi Sadatoshi.
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As written by the shop
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Tokushima · around 1926-1989
1 piece 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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