Tetsu-Ji Tsuba.
The ground iron is forged and tempered very well.
Ko-Sukashi is present.
The rim is Maru-mimi. Sekigane of copper.
Mokko-Gata shape.
Mei: Nobuie
Nobuie was a very important tsuba craftsman who lived during the Momoyama period (1573-1600)
This tsuba may not be made by the patriarch Nobuie, though, it was made by a craftsman of the Nobuie school.
7.2cm x 6.8cm x 0.5cm.

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