NihontoWatchNihontoWatchT476. Iron sukashi tsuba papered to Yagyu Kodai. 6 x 6.4 x .5 cm. The nakago hitsu-ana is .8 x 2.5 cm. This is a classic Yagyu design: crashing waves matching the Samurai spirit. The paper was issued by the NTHK in 1990. This tsuba comes with a box and pillow; condition is excellent.
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The NTHK’s principal certificate, issued for a fitting of considerable quality. It confirms a genuine signature, or, for an unsigned (mumei) work, records the judges’ attribution to a maker or school.
The NTHK (Nihon Tōken Hozon Kai, the Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Sword) is the oldest of Japan’s sword-appraisal bodies, founded in 1910, decades before the NBTHK. After the death of its long-serving head it divided into two successor societies, the NTHK and the NTHK-NPO, both of which continue to hold shinsa. NTHK blade certificates are known for a detailed worksheet that records a numerical point score alongside the judges’ written opinion (fitting papers carry the judges’ opinion without a point score), and the society is especially respected for its attribution of unsigned (mumei) work.
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