Sekishu Sadatsuna under autumnal midday light

[Benjamin]

Here the second sword I wanted to share with the same lighting, that was a cloudy day but rays of sunlight sometimes enlighted the steel.

 

This is a Koto - Tokebutsu Hozon - Sekishu Sadatsuna, pupil of oif Naotsuna witch could have been one of the ten brilliant disciples of Masamune (but there is a debate on his name).

Not to confound with the other Sadatsuna from the Ko-Hoki school (Heian era). Here is a Nanbokusho swordsmith with a strong Soshu influence. By the way Sekishu was not far from Bizen and had very qualitative black sand to make steel.

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This sword appealed me by this all along sunagashi that run like a waterfall from the top to the bottom of the sword :

 

 

I call this whirl the "eye of Fudo Miio" :

 

 

And this Kaen Boshi complete the flame theme of Fudo Miio

 

 

And the tsuba is depicting a Fudo Miio under a waterfall, mirroring the sword.

 

[Lewis B]

Nice blade. I almost bought a Sekishu Sadatsuna blade as my first nihonto. Darcy had some amazing images of the blade on Yukindo.com, which made it really appealing. Plus it has a Tameshigiri mark, rare on a Koto blade. Your sword shows similar workmanship. 

 

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[Benjamin]

Thank you Lewis, that's indeed a beautiful sword you link, with strong similarities : long sunagashi under to the hamon limit, itame with clear Chikei and hakikake Boshi. By the way, I like your Yamato senjuin as well.