Lot Essay
The smith is the second generation Sadayoshi, and the grandson of O-Sa of Chikuzen province (Fukuoka Prefecture).
THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A CHIKUZEN WAKIZASHI
NANBOKUCHO PERIOD (14TH CENTURY), SIGNED SADAYOSHI
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A CHIKUZEN WAKIZASHI
NANBOKUCHO PERIOD (14TH CENTURY), SIGNED SADAYOSHI
An unokubi-zukuri ubu wakizashi, of sakizori curve, hada of flowing o-itame with mokume, ji-nie, and chikei, the hamon ko-notare with gunome and much nie activity, the boshi straight with a pointed return
In shirasaya with sayagaki by Homma Kunzan [Junji] dated Showa 40 (1965)
Accompanied by a certificate of registration as a Tokubetsu hozon token (Sword especially worthy of preservation) no. 120526 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated 1989.8.8
NANBOKUCHO PERIOD (14TH CENTURY), SIGNED SADAYOSHI
An unokubi-zukuri ubu wakizashi, of sakizori curve, hada of flowing o-itame with mokume, ji-nie, and chikei, the hamon ko-notare with gunome and much nie activity, the boshi straight with a pointed return
In shirasaya with sayagaki by Homma Kunzan [Junji] dated Showa 40 (1965)
Accompanied by a certificate of registration as a Tokubetsu hozon token (Sword especially worthy of preservation) no. 120526 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated 1989.8.8
Literature
Honma Kunzan and Ishii Masakuni, eds., Token Meiji taikan: Gentaku Tsuchiya oshigata, vol. 5 (Tokyo: Yuzankaku shuppan, 1997), 7.
Tsuchiya Atsunao and Chuo Tokenkai, eds., Tsuchiya oshigata ge-hen (Rubbings by Tsuchiya, vol. 2) (n.d.), 113.
Tsuchiya Atsunao and Chuo Tokenkai, eds., Tsuchiya oshigata ge-hen (Rubbings by Tsuchiya, vol. 2) (n.d.), 113.
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