Hand guard
Japanese
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bronze, Unspecified
Measurements
80 mm (Diameter)5 mm (W)
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328871
Summary
Hand guard - Tsuba (sword hand guard). Sukashi style filled in with a white substance. Sticky label on reverse with unidentified number '73'.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Japanese , maker