A Nobuie iron tsuba. Edo period, around 1600

Of mokkô shape, with a slight raised rim and karakusa in ke-bori. Signed Nobuie. Ryôhitsu-ana filled with lead. Wooden box.
Height 8.8 cm
Certificate

Tokubetsu hozon certificate of the N.B.T.H.K., dated 22.12.2010

karakusa mokko Nobuie