G'day Guys,
Am I missing something here or are these estimates a little optimistic? This blade by Gassan Sadakatsu is a little longer than average, but isn't anything special, unless the Inoue Shiro family are especially famous? Also they have described the hada as ayasugi, when it is clearly masame, as backed up by the Tanobe sayagaki.
A katana | Signed Osaka ju Gassan Sadakatsu kinsaku (respectfully made by Gassan Sadakatsu, a resident of Osaka) and kao [cursive monogram] | Taisho period, dated Taisho hachinen juichigatsu kichijutsu, Omi no kuni Inoue Shiro ke judai no tame (an auspicious day in November 1919, for the successive generations of the Inoue Shiro family from Omi Province) | Art of Japan | 2024 | Sotheby's
Cheers,
Bryce