Hand guard
Japanese Akasaka School
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Copper
Measurements
75 mm (Diameter)4 mm (W)
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328837.2
Summary
Hand guard - One of two similar Tsuba (sword hand guard). Daisho, (Shippo - Tsunagi) Akasaka school.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Japanese Akasaka School , armourer