Iron Sukashi Kanayama School Tsuba with NBTHK Hozon Tosogu - Takeda Clan Kamon

Iron Sukashi Kanayama School Tsuba with NBTHK Hozon Tosogu - Takeda Clan KamonIron sukashi tsuba with NBTHK Hozon Tosogu. Attributed to Kanayama School. Decorated with Sumitate Kamon that was most famously used by Takeda clan and Takeda Shingen himself. Made in early edo period. Size: 71 mm x 71 mm x 4 mm In custom made kiri box. There is no envelope with the certificate.

Therefore we know it is there but we cna't actually see it

Nakago hole: 18 cm

therefore many works of art presented look modern

Depth of saya: 48 cm

some other parts are from lower quality pachwork

Because of that we almost forget about the dragon who is still and far away in the clouds (dragon does not really change when we move the tsuba is hand so our eyes are not drown to it

It was a warning to Kumagai Jiro Naozane not to kill Atsumori

That is why it has been cleaned and some conservation work has been done

Antique Japanese tsuka for katana

Omote: 41 mm x 24 mm

after the death of his father he inherited family title Teiju and became a retainer of the Mito Tokugawa Daimyo and Bakufu of Edo

Part of saya is ribbed