●会 期 2020年10月28日(水) → 11月3日(火・祝) 
 　●会 場 日本橋髙島屋S.C. 本館6階美術画廊 
  午前10時30分　～　午後7時30分　
※最終日11月3日(火)は午後4時閉場。
東京都中央区日本橋2-4-1　　TEL (03) 3211-4111
https://www.takashimaya.co.jp/nihombashi/departmentstore/topics/art.html#contents
※展示時間につきまして変更される場合があります。
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渾身の最新作を展示・販売いたします。月山貞伸刀匠の作品も出品予定。

Exhibition for Modern swordsmith
“ Gassan Sadatoshi ”

His latest works will be displayed for sale
at Nihombashi-Takashimaya Department store (Main Building 6F Art Gallery)

October 28th (Wed.) → November 3rd (Tue.) 2020
10:30 -19:30 (closed 16:00 last day)
2-4-1 Nihombashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo TEL: (03) 3211-4111

※ The exhibition hours is subject to change. Please confirm it in advance.
We look forward to your visiting.

Some swords made by SADANOBU, a son of Gassan Sadatoshi, are also displayed for sale.

 【 出品予定作 Main exhibited 】
　　   　　　 

刀 Katana / 刃長 (Blade length) 2尺3寸8分72.0 cm
月山伝 (綾杉肌) に昇龍・降龍彫り Gassan (Ayasugi) forging pattern with dragons engraving
白鞘入 with Shirasaya
 　　　　  
 
平脇差 Hira-Wakizashi / 刃長 (Blade length) 1寸6分32.1 cm
相州伝に珠追龍彫り　So-shu forging pattern with a dragon, a sword with Bonji engraving
附) 朱漆塗研出梅花皮鮫鞘合口拵 With a red lacquered Kairagi-same scabbard mounting
  　
月山貞利 (1946 - )　本名 月山 清　　　奈良県指定無形文化財保持者認定
　　　Gassan Sadatoshi　The holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property in Nara
 

GASSAN SADATOSHI (real name is Gassan Kiyoshi) was born in Osaka in 1946 as a son of Gassan Sadaichi who was the Living　National Treasure. He started to learn making swords from his father in 1969 after graduating from university. He has received many awards in some competitions so far, and became a one of representative swordsmiths. He inherited the Ayasugi (resembles a row of cedar trees) forging and blade engraving of Gassan tradition as the 5th generation of the Osaka Gassan family, and is very active in Japan and abroad receiving offers from shrines, temples, the Metropolitan Museum and Yokozuna (the grand champion of sumo) etc. He has also produced many pupils including his successor, Gassan Sadanobu, and is focusing on training of them. In 2019 he offered a blade to the Imperial Household Agency for the court ceremony.
C:\Users\haiji1go\Desktop\img_kihada.jpg 綾杉肌 (月山肌)
規則的な柾目模様が大きな波が連なったようにうねり、波の谷間に渦状の杢目を加えた独特の鍛え肌を「綾杉肌」と呼び、月山鍛冶により約800年連綿と伝承されてきたことから月山肌とも呼ばれる。(呼称の由来については諸説あり。)

AYASUGI (=Gassan) forging
Ayasugi forging pattern is the primary characteristic of the Gassan smiths who has a tradition more than almost 800 years old history. It is the regularly wavy steel surface grain pattern resembling a row of Japanese cedar grain.