Hand guard
Masataka
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bronze, Copper
Measurements
80 mm (Diameter)3 mm (W)
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328826
Summary
Hand guard - Tsuba (sword hand guard) - signed Masataka. Depicts three monkeys in trees with copper relief faces.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Masataka