[ Feature ]
Form : Shinogi-zukuri. Iori-mune. Mihaba is wide. Kasane is ordinal. There are some diffrences between moto-haba and saki-haba. Rather sori attached. Chu-kissaki extended form.
Nakago : Ubu. Yasurimes are katte sagari. Saki is kuri-jiri.
Jigane : Itame-hada, moku-me mixed. Rather grained patterns come to be surface.
Hamon : Gunome-midare. Ashi, kin-sen and sunagashi appeared.
Boushi : It shows midare-komi appearance, then, it turns in ko-maru form.

Ishime patterned coated scabbard uchigatana-koshirae: Myoga open work sword guard (iron), Ise lobster design on menuki (suaka-ji copper), millet ears design on fuchi-gashira (shakudo copper, nanako-ji, gold coloured painting).

[ Highlight ]　The sword has a characteristic mokume-grain base, with an nie-base gunome-midare even wavy blade pattern and a sturdy blade length of over 2 shaku 5sun. Sukesada was a Bizen swordsmith of the late Muromachi period (1336-1573), and there were many other swordsmiths with the same signature, producing practical swords to meet the demands of the Warring States period. This work uses Edo period fittings and has a good condition sheath made in the present day.

[ Conditions ] Excellent. However, as for the chronological signature, it seems that it was originally inscribed ‘Tensho’, but later ‘Ei’ was added to ‘Ten’ with dots. There is a gap of about 70 years between Eisho and Tensho.