Hand guard
Japanese Shingen School
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bronze, Copper
Measurements
84 mm (Diameter)4 mm (W)
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328862
Summary
Hand guard - Tsuba (sword hand guard). Mukade or Centipede Technique, Shingen School. Centipede picked out in copper. Sticky label on reverse with unidentified number '64'.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Japanese Shingen School , armourer