This is an unsigned iron tsuba featuring a Rinpo Sukashi Zu (Buddhist wheel openwork design), attributed to the Ko-Katchushi school from the Muromachi period. It has a round shape with a vertical file finish on the iron plate, creating subtle variations in the surface. The tsuba is accompanied by an NBTHK Hozon Tosogu certificate.
Certificate reading — 無銘（古甲冑師）
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Kotō
Unsigned
Hozon (NBTHK)
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 an unsigned iron tsuba featuring a Rinpo Sukashi Zu (Buddhist wheel openwork design), attributed to the Ko-Katchushi school from the Muromachi period. It has a round shape with a vertical file finish on the iron plate, creating subtle variations in the surface. The tsuba is accompanied by an NBTHK Hozon Tosogu certificate.
Certificate reading — 無銘（古甲冑師）
NihontoWatchBETAKotō
Unsigned
Hozon (NBTHK)
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.
