Ueda Sukesada
上田祐定 (Ueda Sukesada)
A smith from Osafune, in Okayama prefecture, born in 1947; he forges with steel he makes himself and bears the historic name Sukesada.
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Ueda Sukesada (上田祐定) was born in 1947 in Kōchi prefecture and works in Osafune, in the city of Setouchi (Okayama prefecture), the cradle of the Bizen school. He forges with steel he smelts himself in a tatara furnace.
Sukesada (祐定) is one of the great names of Osafune: many smiths bore it from the late 15th century into the Edo period.
Monograph
Ueda Sukesada (上田祐定)
A swordsmith from Osafune who makes his own steel, told with the level of evidence of each fact.
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