Shinkai Dai-Saku Dai-Mei to Izumi-no-Kami Kunisada (father) by Shinkai "Osaka Masamune"
Soshu through and through. 

Saijo smith - 200 pts Hawley. Top Juyo potential. 

This well-known sword is discussed and has been published in several books and publications.  

Horikawa Kunihiro Tosono Deshitachi - "Famous students of Kunihiro" by Ise Torahiko - translation below

Ise Torahiko was the most famous collector and authority on Kunihiro in Japan. His works define Kantei and all technical aspects for all of the Kunihiro School.

Translation of Horikawa Kunihiro Tosono Deshitachi
KATANA MEI    IZUMI-no-KAMI FUJIWARA KUNISADA

KUNZAN Homma,formost authority on the Japanese sword of the last century, states that the "tremendous [nuance] or exceptional power of this sword shows (Shinkai's) fully completed seating as a master. While we see the influence of his teacher, Horikawa Kunihiro, this sword exhibits strong differences from Kunihiro's ordinary Sugata: CHU-KISSAKI and having YAKIDASHI, rounded and spire GUNOME and KO-MARU-BOSHI. We see a starkly superior accomplishment in CHIKEI and unusally strong KINSUJI - this, at the same time of his master. This is more an expression of MASAMUNE or NORISHIGE." 

HORYO -  

NAGASA: 2 SHAKU, 1 SUN, 4 BU
SORI: 6 BU, 8 RIN
MOTOHABA: 9 BU, 4 RIN
SAKIHABA: 6 BU, 6 RIN
KISSAKI-NAGA: 1 SUN, 05 BU
NAKAGO: 5 SUN, 6 BU
NAKAGO-ZORI: Slight
KEIJYO 
SHINOGI-TSUKURI, IHORI-MUNE, slightly short with comparitively high SORI. NAKA-MINE (CHU-KISSAKI).
KITAE: ITAME flows. JI-NIE is thick and bright and CHIKEI is mixed in. 
HAMON: GUNOME and CHOJI mixed in a slight NOTARE; and has ASHI and YO. Deep NIOI and NIE abounds. There is SUNAGASHI and KINSUJI. 
BOSHI: Slight MIDARE-KOMI, HAKIKAKE returns long and wild. 
NAKAGO: UBU, UE-KURI JIRI on top/ wide YASURIME cross each other, one MEKUGI-ANA. 
Seven letters as "IZUMI-NO-KAMI - FUJIWARA KUNISADA"
The smaller blade has the particularly prominent JI and HA that shows the superior and known technique of this smith (2nd Kunisada/Shinkai). 
KUNISADA was the youngest student of HORIKAWA KUNIHIRO. After KUNIHIRO's death, he moved to OSAKA and is known as the pioneer of OSAKA smiths. Of the numbers of OSAKA swords, his are most. 
We see DAI-SAKU among these. Peculiar to these DAI-SAKU, the first three characters: "IZUMI-NO-KAMI" are made small, as compared to the last four characters: "FUJIWARA KUNISADA." This circumstance is specific to DAI-SAKU of the KAN-EI KU (Kan-ei 9 - 1632) time period.
This sword is DAI-SAKU of the 2nd Generation KUNISADA (Shinkai).

Presently Tokubetsu Hozon

 
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