This is a mumei tsuba attributed to the Kyo-Kinko school from the mid-Edo period, featuring a Chofu Tamagawa design. It depicts a woman bleaching cloth by the Tamagawa river with willows on the front, and flowing white cloth on the reverse, skillfully rendered in high-relief carving with colored inlays. The piece is accompanied by an NBTHK Hozon Tosogu certificate and a paulownia wood box.
NihontoWatchmumei · Kyo-Kinko · Edo
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 siteReturns accepted within 3 days of delivery for defective items or significant discrepancies; customer bears return shipping and bank fees.
¥165,000
