Hand guard
Cheshu School
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bronze, Copper, Gold
Measurements
82 mm (Diameter)4 mm (W)
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328830
Summary
Hand guard - Tsuba (sword hand guard). Signed Choshu Hagi No Ju, Cheshu school. Figure in boat with mountain scene behind. Reverse shows similar scene. Copper and gold relief.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Cheshu School, armourer Choshu Hagi No Ju , armourer