This is a classic example of an Onin tsuba from the Muromachi period, characterized by its large, round iron plate with brass dot and line inlays. One side features a wheel sukashi, while the other is adorned with numerous dot inlays, creating a simple yet grand design. Despite minor inlay loss, it is a practical and robust tsuba from the Muromachi era.
Certificate reading — 無銘（応仁）
NihontoWatchBETAmumei · Onin · mid Muromachi (c. 1400-1450)
Onin School
mid Muromachi (c. 1400-1450)
Unsigned
Hozon (NBTHK)
Iron-tsuba · Kyoto
The Ōnin school represents a distinctive category of late Muromachi period tsuba characterized by their unsigned status and their integration of thin iron plate construction with brass inlay decoration. While the name suggests a connection to the Ōnin era (1467–1469), contemporary scholarship places these works more broadly within the later Muromachi period. 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 a classic example of an Onin tsuba from the Muromachi period, characterized by its large, round iron plate with brass dot and line inlays. One side features a wheel sukashi, while the other is adorned with numerous dot inlays, creating a simple yet grand design. Despite minor inlay loss, it is a practical and robust tsuba from the Muromachi era.
Certificate reading — 無銘（応仁）
NihontoWatchBETAmumei · Onin · mid Muromachi (c. 1400-1450)
Onin School
mid Muromachi (c. 1400-1450)
Unsigned
Hozon (NBTHK)
Iron-tsuba · Kyoto
The Ōnin school represents a distinctive category of late Muromachi period tsuba characterized by their unsigned status and their integration of thin iron plate construction with brass inlay decoration. While the name suggests a connection to the Ōnin era (1467–1469), contemporary scholarship places these works more broadly within the later Muromachi period. 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.
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