Hand guard
Japanese
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Gilt
Measurements
4 mm (Width); 60 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328812
Summary
Hand guard; Tsuba (Japanese sword hand guard) in gilt on brass showing tendrils. Engraved on both sides. Two large holes to the sides of the blade space. On sword SNO.1328891/A.298
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Japanese , maker