Sa school O-Suriage Tachi

[Tengu1957]

I don't remember that I had posted this before but if I had it's been some time ago. 

 

O Suriage Nambokucho Tachi attributed to Sa Sadayoshi , student of O Sa . One of the 10 best students of Masamune. It has a kin zogan mei Sa , Sadayoshi on both side of the Nakago. There is an Edo period Horimono added to the sword. 71.2 cm

Syagaki by Mr. Tanobe 

[ROKUJURO]

Is that really a granite plate the blade is resting on? 

[Rivkin]

23 minutes ago, ROKUJURO said:

Is that really a granite plate the blade is resting on? 

Nah, does not look like a shoshin granite. Imitation.

[PNSSHOGUN]

Beautiful, thank you for sharing. Do you have any idea who the Kinzogan attribution was done by?

[Tengu1957]

It's not mentioned in the saya gaki who added it. The paper did not mention it either but both agreed with the attribution. 

[KungFooey]

Now that is a very precious - and beautiful - piece of history. 😍

[Lewis B]

6 hours ago, ROKUJURO said:

Is that really a granite plate the blade is resting on? 

Crossed my mind but then I noticed the blade cushion. All good. Fine sword in what appears to be nice polish. Would love to see some pics of the activity.

[Gakusee]

Thank you for posting it, Gary. It is always enjoyable to see high-quality swords from time to time here. Oftentimes, the majority of the posts have the low-end starter blades which newcomers enquire about, unless people post about militaria shows etc. That is normal and understood but blades like yours are a rare treat. 
 

Not much activity, hamon etc can be seen here apart from the Nanbokucho kissaki in this stout blade. Interesting, unusual horimono too. 
 

Could you please clarify: is this kinzogan or kinpun mei? Unfortunately I cannot see the detail on my mobile and the eyes are not what they used to be. 
 

Thanks again. 

[Tengu1957]

It's Kinzogan. I will take a better image of the activity. It must have been quite long before the Osuriage. Sorry for the poor images. 

[atm]

Thanks for posting @Tengu1957. Do you have a translation of the Tanobe Sensei sayagaki that you can share here?

[Lewis B]

From the bits I can read it appears Tanobe liked it and no arguments there.