This is an early Tosho tsuba featuring a conch shell and Shinto priest's hat sukashi design. The iron is of excellent quality with prominent tekkotsu on the rim. It comes with an NBTHK Hozon paper, dated 2018, attributing it to Tosho.
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Tosho School
Kotō
Unsigned
Hozon (NBTHK)
Tosho-Katchushi
19 pieces on the market now
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 site3-day return window from receipt.
This is an early Tosho tsuba featuring a conch shell and Shinto priest's hat sukashi design. The iron is of excellent quality with prominent tekkotsu on the rim. It comes with an NBTHK Hozon paper, dated 2018, attributing it to Tosho.
NihontoWatchTosho School
Kotō
Unsigned
Hozon (NBTHK)
Tosho-Katchushi
19 pieces on the market now
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 site3-day return window from receipt.
