Japanese antique kokeshi and tsuba

About Tsuba

A sword guard (Tsuba) is a name of what protects the hand which inserts between the handle of a sword, and a blade and grasps a handle. A hole is made in the center, and on both sides of the upper and lower sides of a sword guard, it is crowded with two-sheet the board of a set of thin metal which gives through and a handle to this and is called Seppa to it in a blade, and is used with it, fixing.
size versatility , such as a Sinmaru form , a Aori form , a square shape, anda Mokko form .


 * This text is quoted from WIKIPEDIA.


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