This is a maru-gata (round shape) tsuba featuring a seaweed shell design. It is made of shakudo migaki-ji (polished shakudo ground) with takabori (high relief carving) and kaku-mimi koniku (square rim with slight flesh). The tsuba is accompanied by an NBTHK Hozon Tosogu certificate.
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
¥800,000
This is a maru-gata (round shape) tsuba featuring a seaweed shell design. It is made of shakudo migaki-ji (polished shakudo ground) with takabori (high relief carving) and kaku-mimi koniku (square rim with slight flesh). The tsuba is accompanied by an NBTHK Hozon Tosogu certificate.
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¥800,000
