Tachi or court sword, with curved pointed tempered single-edged steel blade, a ray skin hilt bound with silk cords, two gilt menuki, and a tsuba of dark alloy, and a scabbard of wood decorated with a dragon on nashiji lacquer with dark alloy mounts and flat silk suspension cords: Japan, 17th century.
from The National Museum of Scotland
Tachi or court sword, with curved pointed tempered single-edged steel blade, a ray skin hilt bound with silk cords, two gilt menuki, and a tsuba of dark alloy, and a scabbard of wood decorated with a dragon on nashiji lacquer with dark alloy mounts and flat silk suspension cords: Japan, 17th century.
from The National Museum of Scotland
Sword Guard (Tsuba), Arms and Armor
Medium: Iron, copper
The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Okay, this IS THE COOLEST TSUBA.
Sword Guard (Tsuba), Arms and Armor
Medium: Iron, copper
The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Okay, this IS THE COOLEST TSUBA.
Sword Guard (Tsuba), Arms and Armor
Medium: Iron, gold, silver, copper
The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Sword Guard (Tsuba), Arms and Armor
Medium: Iron, gold, silver, copper
The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Sword Guard (Tsuba) by Kawamura Tsuneshige, active late 18th century, Arms and Armor
Medium: Brass, gold, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper
Purchase, The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, by exchange, 2008
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Pair of Sword Guards (Tsuba) by Sunagawa Mao-Yoshi, Arms and Armor
Medium: Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper
Purchase, Gift of Mrs. George A. Crocker (Elizabeth Masten), by exchange, 2006
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Pair of Sword Guards (Tsuba) by Sunagawa Mao-Yoshi, Arms and Armor
Medium: Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper
Purchase, Gift of Mrs. George A. Crocker (Elizabeth Masten), by exchange, 2006
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY