Gassan Sadanobu
月山貞伸 (Gassan Sadanobu)
A Nara smith born in 1979, eldest son of Gassan Sadatoshi; Kanzan Prize at the Gendai Tōshoku-ten in 2026.
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Gassan Sadanobu (月山貞伸) was born in 1979 and is the eldest son of Gassan Sadatoshi, head of the Gassan family in Nara. He has worked as a smith since 2006. A katana of his from 2015 was shown at the Heisei no Meitō Meikō-ten exhibition at the Japanese Sword Museum (2019).
At the NBTHK Exhibition of Contemporary Sword Craftsmen (Gendai Tōshoku-ten) he received the first prize of excellence in 2023; the NBTHK President’s Prize in 2024, for a 25.8 cm tantō; a prize of excellence in 2025, for a 71.8 cm katana; and the Kanzan Prize in 2026, in the tachi and katana section.
Monograph
Gassan Sadanobu (月山貞伸)
The heir of the Osaka branch of the Gassan family, told with the level of evidence of each fact.
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