Kasen Kanesada

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 * During the Muromachi period, the Mino province was very prolific with sword smithing, including the Kanesada and Kanemoto family (you’ll notice some of the other swords also carry those names, including Hijikata’s sword, Izumi no Kami Kanesada; they were all works of the Kanesada family smiths). Kasen Kanesada was forged by the second generation of the Kanesada smiths, which was during the Muromachi period, whose skills as smiths helped establish the reputation of Mino swords. The Kanesada family continued to create sword all the way up to the Edo period, but it is generally agreed that the Sue-Seki smiths that succeeded them weren’t as good.
 * Nosada (之定) is the alias of Kasen Kanesada’s smith, as he signed the lower part of the character 'Sada' (定) like the character for 'No' (之).
 * Nosada once published a sutra called Kannon Sutra, the 25th chapter of Lotus Sutra.
 * The 36 Immortals of Poetry (三十六歌仙) refers to a a group of 36 Japanese poets from the Heian, Nara, and Asuka period selected by Fujiwara no Kinto as examples of the best of Japanese poets. However, ironically, Kasen Kanesada’s former master also happened to KILL 36 people, so now his name either refers to the 36 poets, or the 36 dead people
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 * When wounded, Kasen bears a deep slash on his nose. This is reference to the exact wound his former master, Hosokawa Tadaoki, received while trying to save his sister, Hosokawa Iya (細川伊也). Isshiki Yoshiari (一色義有), Iya's husband, was assassinated by Tadaoki as an attempt to save Iya's life. However, in self defense, Iya then pulled out a dagger and attempted to kill Tadaoki, but missed due to Tadaoki's quick reflexes. Instead, Tadaoki escaped death, and only received a deep cut on his nose.