Hirado Kunishige (平戸市國重)
A group of Japanese sword fitting makers working on the island of Hirado.
Tsuba (鍔 / 鐔)
Japanese name for a sword guard.
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".
Kiyou Toujin tsuba (崎陽唐人鐔)
Japanese style sword guards made by Chinese craftsmen in Nagasaki.
Dāo hūshǒu (刀護手)
Qing Chinese for "saber guard".