Tetsu-ji sword guard.
Mei: Nobuie
Momoyama period.
Excellant color, very well tempered with rope style mimi.
Sekigane of copper. Tekkotsu appears on both sides.
Maru-gata shape.
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.
2 5/8inch dia. x 1/4inch thick.

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