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Ō-wazamono · exhibitions

Famous works

In what was consulted, no blade of his is designated by the State or has a record in a museum: his fame lies in the Yamada cutting list.

On this page
  1. In the lists and the treatises
  2. Works on display

In the lists and the treatises

YearList or treatiseRank
1797懐宝剣尺 (Kaihō Kenjaku), by Yamada Asaemon大業物 (ō-wazamono), the second of four grades, as 越後守二代包貞 (Echigo no Kami nidai Kanesada), “the second Kanesada”
1933 (published in 1935)Tomita Kiyama’s ranking of shintō swordsmiths, in the manner of sumōEast maegashira, as Sakakura Gonnoshin Terukane, of Osaka; no Echigo no Kami Kanesada

Works on display

  • A katana signed 越後守包貞 (Echigo no Kami Kanesada), 69.4 cm long, from Settsu and of the 17th century, with its mounting with a brown scabbard, was in an exhibition at Nagoya Castle from 9 September to 9 October 2023, lent by members of the Nagoya branch of the NBTHK. The catalogue gives it to the second Kanesada.
  • In the polishing section of the NBTHK’s 2024 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten), a katana signed 越後守包貞 (Echigo no Kami Kanesada) was shown with the cutting-test inscription 二ツ胴落 (futatsu-dō otoshi), “cut through two bodies”, and in that of 2025, another katana with the same signature. The catalogues do not say which generation they belong to.