This is a charming iron tsuba featuring a Daruma motif, crafted by the Shoami School in the mid-18th century. Its eight-sided shape is symbolic of the Buddhist wheel of life, and it shows signs of having been mounted. The tsuba comes with an old NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho certificate and is housed in a custom-fitted box.
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Edo
Tokubetsu Kichō (NBTHK)
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.
This is a charming iron tsuba featuring a Daruma motif, crafted by the Shoami School in the mid-18th century. Its eight-sided shape is symbolic of the Buddhist wheel of life, and it shows signs of having been mounted. The tsuba comes with an old NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho certificate and is housed in a custom-fitted box.
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Tokubetsu Kichō (NBTHK)
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.
