SW 0211 - Katana Shinshinto - Sadayoshi - Price Euro 18.630,00

Mei: Omote, Naniwa ju Gassan Sadayoshi zo kore, Ura: Keio 4 nen 3 gatsu hi (1868); NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon; Nagasa: 70.0cm; Sori: 8,5 mm; Motohaba: 3,09 cm; Motokasane: 0,68 cm; Hamon: Suguha with Konie, Ko-ashi and Sunagashi; Hada: Masame very tight and beautiful.

Gassan Sadayoshi (personal name Yahachiro) was born in Dewa Sasagawa in 1800 as the eldest son of Gassan Yasaburo Sadachika. Around 1820 he went to Edo and entered the school of Suishinshi Masahide, then an already highly reputed master artisan, representing the shinshinto period. When the teacher and the teacher's heir died in 1825, Sadayoshi left Edo, travelled to, and stayed in many provinces until he settled in Osaka around 1830. He gradually gained a very high reputation there as a skilled swordsmith. He lost a son in infancy and adopted Sadakazu. He trained many pupils including his adopted son. Other well known pupils in his school included Kusano Yoshitake, Sugimoto Sadahide and Horii Taneyoshi. Sadayoshi died at the age of 71 in the 3rd year of Meiji (1870).

Fujishiro rates Gassan Sadayoshi as Josaku.

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