Hand guard
style of Japanese Otsuki School
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bronze, Copper, Gold, Silver
Measurements
85 mm (Diameter)3 mm (W)
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328842
Summary
Hand guard - Tsuba (sword hand guard). Otsuki style with silver, gold and copper inlay. Depicts Mount Fujiyama. Reverse shows an island.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
style of Japanese Otsuki School , maker