This is an unsigned tsuba made of shakudo nanako ji, attributed to the Kyo Kinko school from Yamashiro province. It features a design of scattered paulownia and floral roundels. The tsuba dates to the mid-Edo period and comes with an NBTHK Hozon paper.
Certificate reading — 無銘（京金工）
NihontoWatchmumei · Kyo Kinko · Edo
Kyo-kinko School
Edo
Yamashiro
Unsigned
Hozon (NBTHK)
Kinko · Yamashiro
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 siteThis is an unsigned tsuba made of shakudo nanako ji, attributed to the Kyo Kinko school from Yamashiro province. It features a design of scattered paulownia and floral roundels. The tsuba dates to the mid-Edo period and comes with an NBTHK Hozon paper.
Certificate reading — 無銘（京金工）
NihontoWatchmumei · Kyo Kinko · Edo
Kyo-kinko School
Edo
Yamashiro
Unsigned
Hozon (NBTHK)
Kinko · Yamashiro
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
