Perry’s arrival in 1853 unraveled the Tokugawa peace and created the first mass demand for working swords in two centuries. Kiyomaro, called the Masamune of Yotsuya, died on its eve; Munetsugu and Yukihide carried the boom to the end.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatchIt has appeared, it has appeared; a tanto by Kenryushi Sadaharu, who is famous yet has few surviving works, has appeared. Kenryushi Sadaharu was a pupil of the famous Osaka Gassan Sadayoshi and was a senior smith to the Imperial Court Artist Gassan Teiichi. He was a master smith active during the end of the Bakufu from Keio to Meiji, but because he performed daisaku for his master Gassan Sadayoshi and also encountered the Haitorei, his surviving works are very few and this tanto is precious. This tanto displays the Soshu-den with a shin-no-mune, showing a tanto sugata with a wide moto-mihaba and a difference with the saki-mihaba, and the jigane is a small itame-hada wonderfully and well-tsumi; the famous Gassan-hori features a hataboko on the omote and gomabashi on the ura and is skillfully carved. The hamon is a nioi-deki with nie-attached notare midare-ba mixed with togari, firing a spirited Soshu-den blade that is well-made. It is a masterpiece tanto as if one were looking at a superior work tanto by his master Gassan Sadayoshi. There is a record that Kenryushi Sadaharu forged in Ikutama-no-sho, Tennoji-ku, where the Ikutama Jinja, which enshrines a deity equal to the Ise Jingu in the center of Osaka, is located, and this tanto is the evidence of that; the swordsmith Kenryushi Sadaharu is one of the few swordsmiths in Japan whose forging location is known. The luxurious tanto koshirae of the period adds even more flair to this tanto by Kenryushi Sadaharu. Because it has come out into the world for the first time in a raw state, there is also some light rust, so we are offering it at a special bargain price; please enjoy it.
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We couldn’t find current papers for this piece. Ask the dealer whether it has been, or can be, submitted to shinsa. — Hoshi
4 on the market
As written by the shop
Machine translation from the shop's Japanese · may contain errors ·
Shinshinto · Settsu · around 1865-1868
Tōken Taikan top 95%
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Shinshinto · Settsu
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| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Sadaharu貞晴 | 1865-1868 | 0 |
| Sadayoshi貞吉 | 1926-1989 | 0 |
| Yoshiaki吉明 | 1844-1848 | 0 |
| Naonobu直信 | 1854-1860 | 0 |
| Sadayoshi貞吉 | 1830-1863 | 0 |
Bakumatsu: the last war market
Perry’s arrival in 1853 unraveled the Tokugawa peace and created the first mass demand for working swords in two centuries. Kiyomaro, called the Masamune of Yotsuya, died on its eve; Munetsugu and Yukihide carried the boom to the end.
We could not find an authenticity certificate on the seller’s listing. Japanese swords and fittings are normally papered by the NBTHK (or the NTHK). Without one, the attribution is the seller’s own assessment and has not been independently verified — treat it with caution and ask the dealer about certification before buying.
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