This is an iron tsuba by Kinai from Echizen province, featuring a design of chrysanthemum leaves carved in sukashi (openwork). It dates to the Edo period and comes with a Kicho Tosogu certificate. The tsuba measures 7.41 cm in height and 6.97 cm in width, with a thickness of 0.5 cm at the seppa-dai.


Kinai
Edo
Echizen
Signed
Tokubetsu Kichō (NBTHK)
Echizen
22 pieces on the market now
This work carries older NBTHK “Kichō”-era papers, which the NBTHK no longer issues and now regards as unreliable. To confirm the attribution, submission to an official Japanese examination body (such as the NBTHK or NTHK) for modern certification could be considered.
If you wish to return an item, please notify us within 3 days of receipt. After this period we cannot accept cancellations. Please ship the return to us within 5 business days. Cancellation is conditional on the item being kept in the same condition as at the time of sale, so please handle it with care.
This is an iron tsuba by Kinai from Echizen province, featuring a design of chrysanthemum leaves carved in sukashi (openwork). It dates to the Edo period and comes with a Kicho Tosogu certificate. The tsuba measures 7.41 cm in height and 6.97 cm in width, with a thickness of 0.5 cm at the seppa-dai.


Kinai
Edo
Echizen
Signed
Tokubetsu Kichō (NBTHK)
Echizen
22 pieces on the market now
This work carries older NBTHK “Kichō”-era papers, which the NBTHK no longer issues and now regards as unreliable. To confirm the attribution, submission to an official Japanese examination body (such as the NBTHK or NTHK) for modern certification could be considered.
If you wish to return an item, please notify us within 3 days of receipt. After this period we cannot accept cancellations. Please ship the return to us within 5 business days. Cancellation is conditional on the item being kept in the same condition as at the time of sale, so please handle it with care.