April 1, 2024
#2142 JP SAMURAI SWORD GUARD -Heianjo- Daito TSUBA
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Ship to worldwide from Japan #2142 JP SAMURAI SWORD GUARD -Heianjo- Daito TSUBA Item: Tsuba for Daito / Katana The round iron Tsuba is decorated with openwork and brass inlay on Migakiji plate, design of flowers and butterflies, in Heianjo* style. *Heianjo (from mid Muromachi - late Edo ; it is said that this style was born from a fancy of 6th Ashikaga shogun, Yoshinori. It shows a sense of beauty and elegance of Kyoto. This style was loved by from Shogun to lower class Samurai.) Attachment: a wooden box Condition : very good Damage : loss of some inlay Please check up on the following pictures to confirm the item. Basic Terms of Japanese Antique Koshirae (ornaments for sword), Daito (long sword), Wakizashi (middle length sword), Tanto (short sword), Mimi (rim), Fukurin (rim cover) PARTS : Tsuka (hilt), Tsuba (handguard), Saya (scabbard), Fuchi & kashira & Menuki (ornamental metal fittings of a hilt), Tsunagi (wooden blade to display fittings), Kozuka (sword's attachment: a handy knife), Kogai (sword's attachment: portable comb) Shape (-gata): Mokkogata (four lobed shape), Kakugata (square shape), Kikugata (chrysanthemum shape) MATERIAL : Shakudo (copper-gold alloy), Suaka (pure copper), Shibuichi (copper-silver(quarter or more) alloy) SURFACE (-ji): Migakiji (smooth surface), Mokumeji (surface like the grain of wood)
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