Weight (toushin only): 802g It has appeared, it has appeared—a katana handed down through generations of the Shinshu Sanada family has emerged. This sword was crafted in the Echizen Domain (Fukui Prefecture), a 680,000 koku fief which, during the Edo period, was ruled by Yuki Hideyasu, the second son of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Prior to that, it was a vital strategic stronghold for controlling the northern provinces, where Oda’s fierce general "Oni" Shibata Katsuie and Maeda Toshiie were active. At the time, it was a country that prospered greatly through the Kitamaebune trade. In the Bakumatsu period, Matsudaira Shungaku, one of the "Four Wise Lords of the Bakumatsu," is very famous. The smith who crafted this sword in Echizen, Echizen Ju Sagami no Kami Fujiwara Kunitsuna, was a high-ranking disciple of the first generation Echizen Kanetane. He was a tosho active around the Keian era (1648, 378 years ago) of the early Edo period and belonged to the same Echizen Shimosaka lineage as Echizen Yasutsugu. Kunitsuna’s real name was Tabeie. Like Echizen Yasutsugu, he later went to Edo and produced swords there as well. This sword was originally a long blade of 2 shaku 4 sun, which a later bushi shortened slightly to match his own swordsmanship because he desperately wanted it as his personal sashiryo. It presents a magnificent and robust sugata with a wide moto-mihaba, a distinct difference between the moto and saki-mihaba, and a shallow sori. The jigane is forged in itame-hada with abundant ji-nie. The hamon is finished in nioi-deki with ko-nie, featuring gunome-ba with rounded heads, flat-topped gunome, and saka-gunome. Small tobiyaki are tempered into the ji; when viewed through reflected light, the blade is magnificent, showing a spirited hamon that appears three-dimensional, as if rising or floating up. The Edo-period koshirae further adds splendor to this sword, featuring a kawari-nuri saya, an iron tsuba with the mei of Nobuie, and fuchi-kashira made of shakudo nanako-ji with high-relief (takabori) carvings of the musubi-karigane (tied wild goose), which is said to be the kamon of the Sanada family. This sword has been cherished by the family for generations, but as they have grown old, we have received it with the request to pass it on at a low price to someone who will treasure it. The Showa 26 "Daimyo Registration" from Gunma Prefecture—the neighbor of the Sanada family's Nagano Prefecture—is also precious. On this occasion, through the kindness of the owner, we are offering it at a special bargain price. Please do enjoy it.

Weight (toushin only): 802g It has appeared, it has appeared—a katana handed down through generations of the Shinshu Sanada family has emerged. This sword was crafted in the Echizen Domain (Fukui Prefecture), a 680,000 koku fief which, during the Edo period, was ruled by Yuki Hideyasu, the second son of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Prior to that, it was a vital strategic stronghold for controlling the northern provinces, where Oda’s fierce general "Oni" Shibata Katsuie and Maeda Toshiie were active. At the time, it was a country that prospered greatly through the Kitamaebune trade. In the Bakumatsu period, Matsudaira Shungaku, one of the "Four Wise Lords of the Bakumatsu," is very famous. The smith who crafted this sword in Echizen, Echizen Ju Sagami no Kami Fujiwara Kunitsuna, was a high-ranking disciple of the first generation Echizen Kanetane. He was a tosho active around the Keian era (1648, 378 years ago) of the early Edo period and belonged to the same Echizen Shimosaka lineage as Echizen Yasutsugu. Kunitsuna’s real name was Tabeie. Like Echizen Yasutsugu, he later went to Edo and produced swords there as well. This sword was originally a long blade of 2 shaku 4 sun, which a later bushi shortened slightly to match his own swordsmanship because he desperately wanted it as his personal sashiryo. It presents a magnificent and robust sugata with a wide moto-mihaba, a distinct difference between the moto and saki-mihaba, and a shallow sori. The jigane is forged in itame-hada with abundant ji-nie. The hamon is finished in nioi-deki with ko-nie, featuring gunome-ba with rounded heads, flat-topped gunome, and saka-gunome. Small tobiyaki are tempered into the ji; when viewed through reflected light, the blade is magnificent, showing a spirited hamon that appears three-dimensional, as if rising or floating up. The Edo-period koshirae further adds splendor to this sword, featuring a kawari-nuri saya, an iron tsuba with the mei of Nobuie, and fuchi-kashira made of shakudo nanako-ji with high-relief (takabori) carvings of the musubi-karigane (tied wild goose), which is said to be the kamon of the Sanada family. This sword has been cherished by the family for generations, but as they have grown old, we have received it with the request to pass it on at a low price to someone who will treasure it. The Showa 26 "Daimyo Registration" from Gunma Prefecture—the neighbor of the Sanada family's Nagano Prefecture—is also precious. On this occasion, through the kindness of the owner, we are offering it at a special bargain price. Please do enjoy it.