
Hirado Kunishige (平戸市國重)
A group of Japanese sword fitting makers working on the island of Hirado.
Koshirae (拵)
Japanese term for the mountings of an edged weapon.
Kankyûtô (貫級刀/貫首刀)
Japanese word for a samurai tool.
Kozuka (小柄)
Japanese name of a small utility knife worn in sword and dagger scabbards.
Tsuba (鍔 / 鐔)
Japanese name for a sword guard.
Hūshǒu (護手)
Chinese for the handguard of a weapon.
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.
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".
Hisayuki (久隨)
A Japanese maker of sword mounts, active in the Edo period.
Alluva
Sinhala for side plates on a sword.
Ath häde
Sinhala for "knuckle guard".
Ath väsma
Sinhala term given by Deraniyagala for "knuckle guard".
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".