Hand guard
Japanese
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Iron
Measurements
74 x 71 x 4 mm
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328869
Summary
Tsuba; hand guard for sword. Single hole for blade, with characters beside it (signature?). Raised detail of tigers among bamboo by 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