This is a Kyō-sukashi tsuba from the Edo period. It features a Yatsuhashi design with wild geese, crafted from iron with openwork carving (ji-sukashi) and kebori. The tsuba comes with a Hozon Tōsogu certificate issued by the NBTHK.
Certificate reading — 無銘（京透）
NihontoWatchmumei · early Muromachi (c. 1390-1430)
Kyo-sukashi School
early Muromachi (c. 1390-1430)
Unsigned
Hozon (NBTHK)
Iron-tsuba · Yamashiro
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 site€2,500
This is a Kyō-sukashi tsuba from the Edo period. It features a Yatsuhashi design with wild geese, crafted from iron with openwork carving (ji-sukashi) and kebori. The tsuba comes with a Hozon Tōsogu certificate issued by the NBTHK.
Certificate reading — 無銘（京透）
NihontoWatchmumei · early Muromachi (c. 1390-1430)
Kyo-sukashi School
early Muromachi (c. 1390-1430)
Unsigned
Hozon (NBTHK)
Iron-tsuba · Yamashiro
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 site€2,500
