Hand guard
Japanese
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Iron
Measurements
74 x 71 x 4 mm
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328869
Summary
Hand guard; Tsuba (sword hand guard) - Single hole with characters beside it (signature?). Decoration of tigers among bamboo against a stream. one tiger on reverse.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Japanese , maker