NihontoWatchNihontoWatchYagyu tsuba are a school of metalworkers who were active during the Edo period, known for producing tosogu with deep connections to the Yagyu Shinkage-ryu school of swordsmanship founded by Yagyu Munenori. The metalworkers of the Yagyu school possessed a style that emphasized practical sword fittings and spirituality; in particular, those called Yagyu tsuba are highly regarded as expressions of the samurai spirit because they possess a practical and simple beauty, in contrast to the Goto school and Kyo-kinko which applied luxurious decoration. As the Yagyu family served as sword instructors to the Tokugawa Shogunate family, Yagyu tsuba appear to have been particularly popular among the samurai class.
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A Hozon-certified fitting of notably superior craftsmanship and condition, often with signature or workmanship of high reference 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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