Hand guard
Masayuki
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bronze, Gold
Measurements
65 mm (Diameter)3 mm (W)
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328825
Summary
Hand guard - Tsuba (sword hand guard) - signed Masayuki, Hamano school - also known as 'Shozui', rated as 15th Master in sword fittings. Identical tsuba can be found in W.L. Behrens collection No. 2397. Depicts armoured figures.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Masayuki , armourer Japanese Hamano School , maker