Hand guard
Japanese
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Lacquer, Metal
Measurements
85 mm (Length)77 mm (W)5 mm (D)
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328822
Summary
Hand guard; Tsuba (Japanese sword hand guard) - Shi-shi (monkey) resting under blossom. Square in shape and made of metal with black lacquer and raised brass details. Shows a monkey under blossom with engraved wave shape above. Holes filled in either side of blade space. Ferrous metal. On sword 1328955.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Japanese , maker