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Lot Essay
Accompanied by a Hozon Token [Sword Worthy of Preserving] certificate no.324768, issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword] on 11 July 1990.
The first generation Yasutsugu is believed to have originally used the signatures Sadakuni and Shimosaka, having originally come from the village of Shimosaka in Omi Province. He was retained by Matsudaira Hideyasu, the son of the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, and later also by Ieyasu himself. He worked in both Edo and Echizen using the name Yasutsugu granted by the Shogun, but from the second generation the family split into two branches in Edo and Echizen, continuing for several generations. This blade is by the second generation working in Edo.
The first generation Yasutsugu is believed to have originally used the signatures Sadakuni and Shimosaka, having originally come from the village of Shimosaka in Omi Province. He was retained by Matsudaira Hideyasu, the son of the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, and later also by Ieyasu himself. He worked in both Edo and Echizen using the name Yasutsugu granted by the Shogun, but from the second generation the family split into two branches in Edo and Echizen, continuing for several generations. This blade is by the second generation working in Edo.