AF25425 Set of Tsuba: Okabe Tadamasa Saku (NBTHK Hozon Tosogu)

Daisho Tsuba: (NBTHK Hozon Tosogu)
Signature: Okabe Tadamasa Saku 　岡部忠正作

Dai(large):
Length: 8.76cm x 8.30cm (3.45in x 3.27in)
Thickness (seppa-dai): 0.39cm (0.15in)
Weight: 130g

Sho(small):
Length: 7.85cm x 7.38cm (3.09in x 2.91in)
Thickness (seppa-dai): 0.27cm (0.11in)
Weight: 95g

Era: the mid-Edo period

Special Feature:
A design of a bamboo grove is carved in high relief on a smooth iron tsuba. Okabe Tadamasa is said to have been a metalsmith from Mutsu Province who was active around the mid-Edo period.

In Kiri box
NBTHK Hozon Certificate
Aoi Art estimation paper