Hand guard
Hiromasa
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bronze, Copper, Gold
Measurements
74 mm (Diameter)3 mm (W)
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328838
Summary
Hand guard - Tsuba (sword hand guard) - signed Hiromasa. Depicts a monkey reaching into water for the sun or moon.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Hiromasa , armourer