This is a Kamakura tsuba from the Momoyama period. It features a design of flowing water, pine, and plum trees carved in shallow relief on an iron base. The tsuba is unsigned and comes with a Hozon (Kamakura) certificate and a special Kiri box.
mumei · Kamakura · Momoyama


Kamakura School
Momoyama
Unsigned
Hozon (NBTHK)
Tosho-Katchushi
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 siteIf, due to our fault, the item differs significantly from its proper condition, the item may be returned. Cooling-off is within one week of the item's arrival.


This is a Kamakura tsuba from the Momoyama period. It features a design of flowing water, pine, and plum trees carved in shallow relief on an iron base. The tsuba is unsigned and comes with a Hozon (Kamakura) certificate and a special Kiri box.
mumei · Kamakura · Momoyama


Kamakura School
Momoyama
Unsigned
Hozon (NBTHK)
Tosho-Katchushi
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 siteIf, due to our fault, the item differs significantly from its proper condition, the item may be returned. Cooling-off is within one week of the item's arrival.

