This is an unsigned Katchushi tsuba from the Momoyama period, featuring a design of Youmon and cherry blossoms in sukashi (openwork). It is made of iron with an eight-lobed mokko shape, and brass and silver fukurin are applied to the inside of the Youmon, adding an interesting touch. The tsuba comes with an NBTHK Hozon Tosogu certificate.
Certificate reading — 無銘（甲冑師）
NihontoWatchBETAmumei · Katchushi · Momoyama
Katchushi School
Momoyama
Unsigned
Hozon (NBTHK)
Tosho-Katchushi
68 pieces on the market now
The katchūshi (甲冑師, armorers) are understood to have produced sword guards as a sideline to their primary craft of forging armor components—helmet plates, small scales (kozane), and facial defenses (menpō). Before the emergence of specialist tsuba makers in the late Muromachi period, warriors relied upon swordsmiths and allied craftsmen to furnish practical yet meaningful guards. Learn more →
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, please contact us about a return within 3 days of the item's arrival and ship it back within 8 days. Refunds are issued the same day the returned item arrives.
This is an unsigned Katchushi tsuba from the Momoyama period, featuring a design of Youmon and cherry blossoms in sukashi (openwork). It is made of iron with an eight-lobed mokko shape, and brass and silver fukurin are applied to the inside of the Youmon, adding an interesting touch. The tsuba comes with an NBTHK Hozon Tosogu certificate.
Certificate reading — 無銘（甲冑師）
NihontoWatchBETAmumei · Katchushi · Momoyama
Katchushi School
Momoyama
Unsigned
Hozon (NBTHK)
Tosho-Katchushi
68 pieces on the market now
The katchūshi (甲冑師, armorers) are understood to have produced sword guards as a sideline to their primary craft of forging armor components—helmet plates, small scales (kozane), and facial defenses (menpō). Before the emergence of specialist tsuba makers in the late Muromachi period, warriors relied upon swordsmiths and allied craftsmen to furnish practical yet meaningful guards. Learn more →
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, please contact us about a return within 3 days of the item's arrival and ship it back within 8 days. Refunds are issued the same day the returned item arrives.
