This tsuba features a soft meat-carved openwork design of futaba-aoi (two-leaf hollyhock) on high-quality shakudo. The exquisite gold hirazogan inlay of the leaf veins enhances the tsuba's elegance and dignity. It passed the Hozon Tosogu examination in 1997 and was attributed to Bushu.
NihontoWatch
Bushu School
Edo
Musashi
Unsigned
Hozon (NBTHK)
Iron-tsuba · Musashi
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 siteDomestic: items may be returned within 7 days in original condition for a full refund (buyer covers transport). Overseas orders: no-refunds, no-returns.
This tsuba features a soft meat-carved openwork design of futaba-aoi (two-leaf hollyhock) on high-quality shakudo. The exquisite gold hirazogan inlay of the leaf veins enhances the tsuba's elegance and dignity. It passed the Hozon Tosogu examination in 1997 and was attributed to Bushu.
NihontoWatchBushu School
Edo
Musashi
Unsigned
Hozon (NBTHK)
Iron-tsuba · Musashi
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 siteDomestic: items may be returned within 7 days in original condition for a full refund (buyer covers transport). Overseas orders: no-refunds, no-returns.
