NihontoWatchNihontoWatchBased on the thickness of the plate and the quality of the gold, these are kinmuku shishi menuki in the Goto style dating no later than the middle of the Edo period. In 2022, they were given a kiwame as Kyo Kinko and passed the Hozon Tosogu shinsa.
Certificate reading — 無銘（京金工）
NihontoWatchOffered by Touken Matsumoto
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Kyo-kinko School
Edo
Yamashiro
Unsigned
Hozon (NBTHK)
Machine translation from the shop's Japanese · may contain errors ·
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.
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