Tanaka Sadatoyo
田中貞豊 (Tanaka Sadatoyo)
A smith from Kusatsu, in Shiga prefecture, the last disciple of the Living National Treasure Gassan Sadaichi.
Profile
Tanaka Sadatoyo (田中貞豊) forges in Kusatsu, in Shiga prefecture. In 1994 he became an apprentice of Gassan Sadaichi (月山貞一), a smith recognised as a Living National Treasure, and was his last disciple; in 1999 he obtained from the Agency for Cultural Affairs the licence to forge swords, and in 2001 he opened his forge in his native Shiga.
At the NBTHK Exhibition of Contemporary Sword Craftsmen (Gendai Tōshoku-ten) in 2023 he received a prize of excellence, in second place, in the tachi and katana section.
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Tanaka Sadatoyo (田中貞豊)
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