commissioned Gendai SADAYUKI

[Peter Bleed]

Friends,

Please let me beg the insights of the Board.

My friend Tim Ott asked my help with a gendai –to he recently acquired. Scan attached are the only images I have altho I have seen the sword. It is gendaito with a mei to say that the sword was made “for” Mr. Masaharu Kaneoka, and “awarded” by the “Central Osaka Something or Other” and that it was made by SADAYUKI who lived in southern Kii-shu, in September of ’44. Interestingly, for a sword of this date, it is mounted in – basically – early shin-gunto koshirae. . . .

Well gee. Tim and I have lots of questions.

Is there any way of figuring out the history of this sword? Are there records that might show why this sword was commissioned? Are there newspaper or other records that might tell who got this sword and carried it? Can we know the relationship between Mr. “Kaneoka” and what looks to me like the “Central Osaka Neighborhood Association”?

Peter

[k morita]

Hi,

Not Central Osaka,阪中 Sakanaka is a family name. :D

 

The mei says,

Ura side:

"For Mr.Kaneoka/Kanaoka(family name) Masaharu,Presented by Sakanaka(family name) Shigeichi."

 

Omote side:

"Made by Sadayuki,living in Kinan(Wakayama prefecture), A lucky day,August 1944."

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This sword smith was RJT smith. Real name was Adachi(family name) Sadakusu.

Ref,[Tosyo Zenshu].

[k morita]

Hi,

[Peter Bleed]

Thank you Morita-san!

You are the best!

Peter