This is an unsigned Ko-Akasaka tsuba from the early Edo period, attributed as such by an NBTHK Hozon Tosogu certificate. Despite its small size, it features a strong iron ground with visible iron bones on the rim, skillfully carved with a paulownia tree openwork design. It is housed in a kiribako (paulownia wood box).
NihontoWatchmumei · Ko-Akasaka · Koto
Ko-Akasaka School
Kotō
Unsigned
Hozon (NBTHK)
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 siteFor one-of-a-kind items such as swords, sword fittings, and antiques, please contact us about a return within 3 days of the item's arrival and ship it back within 8 days. Refunds are issued the same day the returned item arrives.
¥120,000
This is an unsigned Ko-Akasaka tsuba from the early Edo period, attributed as such by an NBTHK Hozon Tosogu certificate. Despite its small size, it features a strong iron ground with visible iron bones on the rim, skillfully carved with a paulownia tree openwork design. It is housed in a kiribako (paulownia wood box).
NihontoWatchmumei · Ko-Akasaka · Koto
Ko-Akasaka School
Kotō
Unsigned
Hozon (NBTHK)
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 siteFor one-of-a-kind items such as swords, sword fittings, and antiques, please contact us about a return within 3 days of the item's arrival and ship it back within 8 days. Refunds are issued the same day the returned item arrives.
¥120,000
