Hand guard
Japanese Umetada School
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bronze, Copper
Measurements
76 mm (Diameter)4 mm (W)
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328863
Summary
Hand guard - Tsuba (sword hand guard). Umetada School. Dragon design. Bronze with some copper in centre.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Japanese Umetada School , armourer