This is an unsigned Kyokinko tsuba from the late Edo period, made in Yamashiro province. It features a design of two dragons and clouds in sukidashi takabori (relief carving) with gold iroe (color inlay) on a shakudo nanako (fish-roe ground) plate. The tsuba comes with an NBTHK Hozon paper.
Certificate reading — 無銘（京金工）
NihontoWatchmumei · Kyokinko · Edo
Kyo-kinko School
Edo
Yamashiro
Unsigned
Hozon (NBTHK)
Kinko · 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 sitePlease contact us by phone within 3 days of the item's arrival and ship it back the next day. The postage and security service fees are the customer's responsibility.
This is an unsigned Kyokinko tsuba from the late Edo period, made in Yamashiro province. It features a design of two dragons and clouds in sukidashi takabori (relief carving) with gold iroe (color inlay) on a shakudo nanako (fish-roe ground) plate. The tsuba comes with an NBTHK Hozon paper.
Certificate reading — 無銘（京金工）
NihontoWatchmumei · Kyokinko · Edo
Kyo-kinko School
Edo
Yamashiro
Unsigned
Hozon (NBTHK)
Kinko · 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 sitePlease contact us by phone within 3 days of the item's arrival and ship it back the next day. The postage and security service fees are the customer's responsibility.
