Hand guard
Bushu No Ju Masahige
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bronze, Copper, Gold
Measurements
75 mm (Diameter)5 mm (W)
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328841
Summary
Hand guard - Tsuba (sword hand guard). Signed Bushu No Ju Masahige, Bushu School. Figure reclining holding a fan with armed figure above in the clouds. Relief in copper and gold. Reverse shows side of a pavilion.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Bushu No Ju Masahige , bushu school armourer