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MOMOYAMA PERIOD (16TH-17TH CENTURY), SIGNED NOBUIE
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An Iron Nobuie Tsuba
Momoyama period (16th-17th century), signed Nobuie
The thick mokko plate slightly dished to the rim and finished on the surface in ishime-ji and pierced with a waterwheel, the rim flush-inlaid with stylized copper vines, signature on one side of the seppa-dai; hitsu-ana plugged with shakudo
3¼in. (8.3cm.) long
With a Hozon Tosogu (Sword Fitting Worthy of Preserving) certificate no. 450078 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Hozon Token Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated 2006.4.21
Momoyama period (16th-17th century), signed Nobuie
The thick mokko plate slightly dished to the rim and finished on the surface in ishime-ji and pierced with a waterwheel, the rim flush-inlaid with stylized copper vines, signature on one side of the seppa-dai; hitsu-ana plugged with shakudo
3¼in. (8.3cm.) long
With a Hozon Tosogu (Sword Fitting Worthy of Preserving) certificate no. 450078 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Hozon Token Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated 2006.4.21