Tsuba:(NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Paper)
Mei (signature) : mumei(Unsigned)(Tachi-shi)
Length : 7.21cm x 6.7 cm ( 2.84inches x 2.64inches)
Thickness of rim: 0.4cm ( 0.16inches)
Jidai(era) :Edo Period
Special feature:On Kawari-Gata iron tsuba, wave and Fuji flower or wisteria is engraved and inlayed with gold.
Tachi-shi, primarily made tsubas applied to the craftsmanship producing Buddhist altar metal fittings in the Heian period. The technique had been succeeded to the late Edo period. As compared with Tosho-tsuba or Kachushi-tsuba, it is decorative rather than practical.
This piece has powerful comma shaped Fuji flower engraved and inlayed with gold. It is masterpiece.
NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Paper
AOI estimation paper
In Kiri box.
