Tuba3053a

Mitsu-tomoe crest Tsuba

unigned : Ko-kinko

Oval shape, Yamagane copper ground, Nanako-ji surface, Sukinokoshi style Takabori carving

65.4mm x 61.7mm 3.0mm thick (Mimi) / 4.5mm thick (Seppa-dai)

NBTHK(Hozon) certificate

The Tate-maru gata oval shape, Yamagane bronze ground Tsuba - six Mitsudomoe crests engraved on both sides, and the polished rim is similarly sharply engraved. The thickness increases gradually from the middle lower Seppa-dai to the rim, and the jet-black Nanako pattern applied vertically and horizontally shows the eternal wear of over 500 years.

The term "Kokin-ko" refers to metalworkers from before the Muromachi period who did not leave signatures on their works

Muromachi period