NihontoWatchNihontoWatchShakudo shiwa-kawa ishime-ji, itsu-mokko-gata, sukidashi-bori kin-zogan, sukinokoshi-mimi, kata-hitsu kin-ume This is a stylish tsuba featuring a design of five ginkgo leaves. It is a work of high design quality, featuring an elaborate shiwa-kawa ishime-ji, gold zogan applied to extremely fine sukidashi lines, and a tightened appearance with polished shakudo-ji on the openwork sections and fukurin. In a dedicated paulownia box
Certificate reading — 無銘（武州）
NihontoWatchOffered by Samurai Nippon
As written by the shop
Machine translation from the shop's Japanese · may contain errors ·
Iron-tsuba · Musashi
Certifies a genuine fitting worth preserving: a correct signature, or, if unsigned, an identifiable era and school, with recognized artistic and craft value.
The NBTHK (Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai, the Society for the Preservation of Japanese Art Swords) is a public-interest incorporated foundation founded in 1948 and supervised by Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs (Bunkachō); it is based at the Japanese Sword Museum in Tokyo. Its expert panels physically examine each submitted work (shinsa) and issue a certificate (kanteishō) ranking it by artistic and historical merit. NBTHK papers are the most widely recognized standard of authentication for Japanese swords and fittings.
NBTHK official siteFor one-of-a-kind items such as swords, sword fittings and antiques, other customers may be waiting for the item, so please contact us about a return within 3 days of its arrival and ship it back within 8 days. Refunds are made on the day the returned item arrives.
¥195,000