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Swordsmith of Izu · Sōshū-den

Enomoto Sadahito (榎本貞人)

A swordsmith from Izu, son and pupil of the mukansa Enomoto Sadayoshi, who forges in the Sōshū tradition and keeps up the ayasugi-hada of the Gassan school

Enomoto Sadahito (榎本貞人) is the son and pupil of Enomoto Sadayoshi (榎本貞吉), whom the NBTHK named mukansa in 1996. He forges in the Sōshū tradition, with notare and gunome hamon, and inherited from his father the ayasugi-hada (綾杉肌) of the Gassan school. Almost nothing of his life is documented: this monograph separates what is on record from what is attributed to him.

Photo: dealer in Japan

1954
Born
1977
Swordsmith’s licence
1996
His father, NBTHK mukansa
Sōshū-den
His tradition
On this page
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  2. In short

Quick profile

Name
Enomoto Sadahito AT
Kanji and reading
榎本貞人 (Enomoto Sadahito); signs 貞人 (Sadahito) AT
Birth
1954 (昭和29年, Shōwa nijūkyū-nen) AT
Where he forges
Izu, in Shizuoka prefecture: he signs 伊豆住 (Izu-jū) and 三嶋住 (Mishima-jū) HD
Master
His father, Enomoto Sadayoshi (榎本貞吉), NBTHK mukansa AT
School or tradition
Sōshū-den, and the ayasugi-hada of the Gassan school (月山, Gassan) AT
Licence
1977 AT
Rank
No known NBTHK prizes; he is not a mukansa (his father was) PC

In short

  • His father, Enomoto Sadayoshi (1908–2000), was named mukansa by the NBTHK in 1996.
  • Sadahito began learning from him as a primary-school boy and has been a licensed swordsmith since 1977.
  • Father and son signed at least two katana together, in 1997 and in 2004.
  • No prize of his has been found in the NBTHK catalogues consulted.

Sections

  1. From Gassan Sadakatsu to his father Life and forging His training with his father, the lineage that comes from Gassan Sadakatsu and what could not be checked.
  2. Notare with gunome · ayasugi-hada Work and style His Sōshū style, his dated works from 1985 to 2018 and those he signed with his father.
  3. What was looked for and what is missing Prizes No NBTHK prize is known for him; his father, though, was a mukansa.
  4. Bibliography and credits Sources The sources consulted on 4 October 2026 and the credit of each image.