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Aoi-gata tsuba
Aoi-gata (葵形)
Japanese word for a sword guard shape. Literelly "hollyhock shape".
Saber guard logo
Dāo hūshǒu (刀護手)
Qing Chinese for "saber guard".
Hisayuki
Hisayuki (久隨)
A Japanese maker of sword mounts, active in the Edo period.
Jian guard logo
Hūshǒu (護手)
Chinese for the handguard of a weapon.
Kogai
Kōgai (笄)
The Japanese term for a hair arranging pin that was worn in Japanese sword scabbards.
tachi-mokko-gata
Tachi-mokkō-gata (太刀木瓜形)
Japanese term for a cross-shaped tsuba often used on tachi swords.
Tsuba logo
Tsuba (鍔 / 鐔)
Japanese name for a sword guard.
Wari kogai
Wari-kōgai (割笄)
The Japanese term for a hair arranging needle that can be split to form a pair of chopsticks.