Hand guard
Masatoshi
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Iron
Measurements
79 x 75 x 3 mm
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328831
Summary
Hand guard; Tsuba (sword hand guard) - Signed Masatoshi beside blade hole. Oval shape, gold inserts each side of blade, with vine leaves and grasshopper. Vine leaves on reverse.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
Masatoshi
Makers and roles
Masatoshi , maker