April 1, 2024
#6088 JP SAMURAI SWORD GUARD -rat & radish- Daito TSUBA
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#6088 JP SAMURAI SWORD GUARD -rat & radish- Daito TSUBA Item: Tsuba for Daito / Katana The Aori-gata iron Tsuba is decorated with Sukidashibori carving, design of a rat eating radish (the combination of these two motifs has very lucky meaning, becasue the sound is similar to Daikoku, the god of wealth). Attachment: a wooden box Condition : very good Damage : a conspicuous scar on the Seppa-dai 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), Ishimeji (surface like the grain of stone), Tsuchimeji (hammer marks surface), Nanakoji (raised dimpling surface like fish roe) CARVING (-bori): Takabori (high
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