This tsuba features an autumn bellflower and katsumushi (victory bug) design, signed by Oishi Akichika. It is made of solid silver with an ishime-ji ground and shibuichi inlay, accented with gold, silver, and suaka for color. The tsuba measures approximately 5.9cm in height, 4.95cm in width, and 0.5cm in thickness, and comes with NBTHK Hozon Tosogu certification.
NihontoWatchmei · 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 site¥600,000
This tsuba features an autumn bellflower and katsumushi (victory bug) design, signed by Oishi Akichika. It is made of solid silver with an ishime-ji ground and shibuichi inlay, accented with gold, silver, and suaka for color. The tsuba measures approximately 5.9cm in height, 4.95cm in width, and 0.5cm in thickness, and comes with NBTHK Hozon Tosogu certification.
NihontoWatchmei · 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 site¥600,000
