This is a Nanban tsuba featuring an arabesque design on an iron ground, popular from the late Momoyama to Edo period. It showcases intricate openwork and continuous patterns influenced by foreign cultures. The tsuba is unsigned but attributed to the Nanban school, and comes with an NBTHK Hozon Tosogu certificate.
NihontoWatchmumei · Nanban · Edo
Iron-tsuba
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.
¥187,000
