This is an unsigned Yagyu school tsuba featuring a lotus leaf openwork design. It is characterized by its simple yet powerful style, emphasizing the quality of the iron, typical of Yagyu tsuba which were favored by samurai for their practicality and spiritual significance. The tsuba is a square shape with rounded corners, thick in cross-section, and shows good iron quality with fibrous iron bones visible on the rim.
Certificate reading — 無銘（柳生）
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Iron-tsuba · Owari
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 cooling-off, contact us within 3 days including the day you received the item, and ship it so that it arrives within 8 days. After 8 days a return cannot be accepted. Returning an item after 8 days will be treated as a buy-back.
This is an unsigned Yagyu school tsuba featuring a lotus leaf openwork design. It is characterized by its simple yet powerful style, emphasizing the quality of the iron, typical of Yagyu tsuba which were favored by samurai for their practicality and spiritual significance. The tsuba is a square shape with rounded corners, thick in cross-section, and shows good iron quality with fibrous iron bones visible on the rim.
Certificate reading — 無銘（柳生）
NihontoWatchIron-tsuba · Owari
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 cooling-off, contact us within 3 days including the day you received the item, and ship it so that it arrives within 8 days. After 8 days a return cannot be accepted. Returning an item after 8 days will be treated as a buy-back.
