Hand guard
Esshu No Miochin Yoshihisa Saku
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bronze
Measurements
76 mm (Diameter)5 mm (W)
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328809.2
Summary
Hand guard - Tsuba (sword hand guard). Dashio, signed Esshu No Miochin Yoshihisa Saku. Bearded figure resting on staff. Reverse has two figures, one kneeling as they unroll scroll or carpet.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Esshu No Miochin Yoshihisa Saku , armourer