Hand guard
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bronze, Copper, Gold
Measurements
71 mm (Diameter)5 mm (W)
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328839
Summary
Hand guard - Tsuba (sword hand guard). Shinto priest resting outside tori of Shinto gateway, his brush lies discarded from sweeping leaves. Gold and copper relief.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.