Seiryūken Eiju dragon tsuba
Tetsugendo school. Round plate with discoid cross-section, chiseled with dragons.Hamon (刃文)
Japanese term for the temperline on a blade, typically achieved by differential heat treatment.Peony karakusa tsuba
Executed in "nanban style" openwork with chiseled and gold-encrusted peonies.Sawasa style iron guard
Unusual piece with depiction of a foreign figure.Iron chrysanthemum tsuba
Large example with gold and silver overlay.Unusual dragon gate guard
Asian sword guard of unknown origin, modified in Japan.Japanese tsuba in Canton style
Also known as Kwanto-gata, with two facing dragon chasing a pearl.Daruma tsuba
A peculiar tsuba with a depiction of Bodhidharma and two dragon chasing a pearl.Wan-gata tsuba by Kunihiro
Its outer surface is decorated with interlocking swastikas and family crests.Nanako (魚子/斜子)
The Japanese name for punched, dotted surface finishes on metal.Shakudō (赤銅)
A Japanese alloy containing copper and gold.Rooster fight kozuka
Executed in gold and silver on a shakudō nanako base, with golden back.Nanban kogai & kozuka set (futakoromono)
The only set of its type known to me in both private and museum collections.Ainu sword hilt
Made of wood, with a silver ornamental fitting of remarkable workmanship.Ainu sword in Japanese polish
Exceedingly rare Ainu sword. Comes in an old Japanese collection box.Kankyûtô (貫級刀/貫首刀)
Japanese word for a samurai tool.An Edo period kankyûtô
A double-edged samurai tool with morbid origins.Kozuka (小柄)
Japanese name of a small utility knife worn in sword and dagger scabbards.Signed nakago kozuka
A by-knife for a Japanese sword, with a hilt shaped like a sword tang.Japanese steel plate
Worked in repousse, possibly once part of an ornamental piece of armor.Wakizashi in Burmese hilt
An unusual cross-cultural mix, blending Burmese, Japanese and Indian parts.Kusari zukin (鎖頭巾)
Japanese name for the hood of a mail armor set.Kusari katabira (鎖帷子)
Japanese name for a jacket of mail armor.Kusari gusoku (鎖具足)
Japanese word for mail armor.Kusari (鎖)
Japanese word for "chain", also used to describe mail armor.Kusari katabira zukin
Japanese mail set, with small ring vest and coif sewn to a thick cotton undergarment.A very rare Japanese knife
With a blade with a concave edge, in stained deerhorn mounts with fine silver wire inlays.Tsuba (鍔 / 鐔)
Japanese name for a sword guard.Qing openwork saber guard
A very rare Chinese saber guard dating from the height of the Qing dynasty.An interesting Japanese yari
Signed Yasutsugu, with sayagaki referring to the Tokugawa family.Inome (猪目)
"Boar's eye", a heart-shaped pattern commonly used in Japanese art.Kōgai (笄)
The Japanese term for a hair arranging pin that was worn in Japanese sword scabbards.Wari-kōgai (割笄)
The Japanese term for a hair arranging needle that can be split to form a pair of chopsticks.A Japanese wari-kōgai
Iron chopsticks that combine as a kogai, with silver inlaid Paulownia mon.Tachi-mokkō-gata (太刀木瓜形)
Japanese term for a cross-shaped tsuba often used on tachi swords.Aoi-gata (葵形)
Japanese word for a sword guard shape. Literelly "hollyhock shape".Nanban tetsu (南蠻鉃)
Literally: Southern barbarian steel.Kiyou-Toujin Tsuba
A Japanese style sword guard made in 17th century Nagasaki Chinatown.Tachi tsuba of nanban tetsu
A rare 17th-century sword guard made of foreign steel.Kusarigama (鎖鎌)
A Japanese scythe weapon with weight and chain.House of Aviz tsuba
A Japanese sword guard with the cross of the House of Aviz.Hisayuki (久隨)
A Japanese maker of sword mounts, active in the Edo period.Shibuichi (四分一)
A copper-silver alloy used to make Japanese sword mounts.Fuchi kashira by Hisayuki
A beautiful signed Japanese ferrule and pommel plate.Classic Choshu ship tsuba
The work nice and crisp, the execution has a naturalistic charm to it.Ezo style tsuba
Introduction
What are today known as "Ezo fittings" are a style of Japanese sword mounts that are character
A Japanese nanban style tsuba
Description
An interesting little sword guard, of fairly simple form with designs carved i
Asian Export sword guard
Private collection. Not for sale.