This is a round iron ji sukashi tsuba featuring four opened and two rolled up aoi leaves. The open leaves have some holes as sukashi openings and some leaf veins decorated in kiriba. It has two hitsuana and is signed “Kinai”, made by the famous Echizen Kinai school of tsuba artists.
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Echizen
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We could not find an authenticity certificate on the seller’s listing. Japanese swords and fittings are normally papered by the NBTHK (or the NTHK). Without one, the attribution is the seller’s own assessment and has not been independently verified — treat it with caution and ask the dealer about certification before buying.
