This is a daisho (large and small pair) tsuba set featuring a dragon design, attributed to the Mito school. Both tsuba are unsigned (mumei) and crafted from iron with an ishime-ji (stone-grain) surface, executed in sukidashi takabori (raised carving) with zogan (inlay) and iroe (coloration). The set comes with an NBTHK Hozon Tosogu certificate.
NihontoWatch
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 site
¥633,000
This is a daisho (large and small pair) tsuba set featuring a dragon design, attributed to the Mito school. Both tsuba are unsigned (mumei) and crafted from iron with an ishime-ji (stone-grain) surface, executed in sukidashi takabori (raised carving) with zogan (inlay) and iroe (coloration). The set comes with an NBTHK Hozon Tosogu certificate.
NihontoWatchUnsigned
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 site¥633,000
