This tsuba features a dynamic design of a lion and cub, crafted by Kikuchi Tsunesada, a skilled artisan from the Sendai Kinko school. Made during the late Edo period, it showcases intricate katakiri-bori carving on an oboro silver ishime ground. The detailed work vividly depicts the powerful scene of a lion pushing its cub into a valley, with a delicate peony on the reverse side.
NihontoWatchmei · Sendai Kinko · Edo
Kikuchi Tsunesada
Edo
Mutsu
Signed
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 siteIf, due to our fault, the item differs significantly from its proper condition, the item may be returned. Cooling-off is within one week of the item's arrival.
This tsuba features a dynamic design of a lion and cub, crafted by Kikuchi Tsunesada, a skilled artisan from the Sendai Kinko school. Made during the late Edo period, it showcases intricate katakiri-bori carving on an oboro silver ishime ground. The detailed work vividly depicts the powerful scene of a lion pushing its cub into a valley, with a delicate peony on the reverse side.
NihontoWatchmei · Sendai Kinko · Edo
Kikuchi Tsunesada
Edo
Mutsu
Signed
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 siteIf, due to our fault, the item differs significantly from its proper condition, the item may be returned. Cooling-off is within one week of the item's arrival.
