Scabbard
Japanese - Bizen Province
Category
Arms and armour
Date
1400 - 1500
Materials
Brass, Fish skin, Wood
Measurements
550 mm (Length)67 mm (W)
Place of origin
Bizen Province
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328894.2
Summary
Scabbard for shortened tachi sword SNO.A.301.1. Bizen provence, 15th century. Curved wood covered with cream fish skin. Engraved brass mounts and fittings.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Japanese - Bizen Province , maker