NihontoWatchNihontoWatchThe Musashino Abumi design depicts a scene where only an abumi is placed within a vast meadow of susuki grass. It does not depict people, horses, or combat, and is a design that expresses a stillness such as mono no aware or a sense of impermanence rather than martial valor. It can be called a design of samurai refinement. This work is a Musashino Abumi zu tsuba that frames Musashino with kin nunome zogan and expresses the abumi with kage-sukashi. It is a high-quality work with a kin zogan mei kaō. It was given a kiwame of Kyo-Kenjo and passed the Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu shinsa in 2013.
Certificate reading — 銘 金象嵌銘（花押）（京献上）
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A Hozon-certified fitting of notably superior craftsmanship and condition, often with signature or workmanship of high reference value.
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