Hand guard
Japanese Mito School
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Iron
Measurements
4 mm (Depth); 87 mm (Diameter)
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328833
Summary
Hand guard; Tsuba (sword hand guard) - Mito School. Round, central hole for blade. Silver and gold cranes and rushes on both sides.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Japanese Mito School , maker