This is a pair of large and small menuki (sword hilt ornaments) from the Kyokinko school, featuring an eggplant design. They are made of shakudo (copper-gold alloy) with katachibori (sculpted in the round) and iroe (color inlay) techniques. The set comes with an NBTHK Hozon Tosogu certificate.
Certificate reading — 無銘（京金工）
NihontoWatchKyokinko · Edo
Kyo-kinko School
Edo
Yamashiro
Hozon (NBTHK)
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.
NBTHK official siteReturns/exchanges/cancellations not accepted after shipment except for significant defects; if defective, return/exchange possible within 3 days of arrival (return shipping paid by customer).
¥140,000
This is a pair of large and small menuki (sword hilt ornaments) from the Kyokinko school, featuring an eggplant design. They are made of shakudo (copper-gold alloy) with katachibori (sculpted in the round) and iroe (color inlay) techniques. The set comes with an NBTHK Hozon Tosogu certificate.
Certificate reading — 無銘（京金工）
NihontoWatchKyokinko · Edo
Kyo-kinko School
Edo
Yamashiro
Hozon (NBTHK)
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.
NBTHK official siteReturns/exchanges/cancellations not accepted after shipment except for significant defects; if defective, return/exchange possible within 3 days of arrival (return shipping paid by customer).
¥140,000
