Tsuba with Tokubetsu Kicho

[Marius]

Dear NMB members,

 

would you be so kind as to look at the origami and tell me if there is a period this tsuba has been attributed to? I know it is an Akasaka with seashells, nothing about the time it was made. I would presume late Edo... Curious to know.

 

Thank you for your help :-)

[Guido]

There's no attribution to a period on the papers.

[Marius]

There's no attribution to a period on the papers.

 

Thanks, Guido, I appreciate your time

[Martin]

Hi,

 

BTW, does anybody know why Tsubas are often photographed "upside down" (with the Kogai-Ana on the left instead of the right side) on older NBTHK papers?

Just wondering...