Subject: 侍 samurai warrior

Culture: Japanese

Setting: Edo period, 17th-19thc

Object: 拵え koshirae individual sword fittings = 鐔 tsuba guard, 切羽 seppa washer, 鎺 habaki washer, 縁 fuchi scabbard collar,

頭 kashira scabbard chape, 目貫 menuki grip ornaments, 小刀 kogatana by-knife, 笄 kōgai pick

Manchester Museum > Belonging *

"Tsuba (Sword Hand Guard).

Maker unknown. Japan. Before 1958." ....

* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor

"Sword Guard (Tsuba) Shakudō, gold, shibuichi, copper; design of bamboo amid rocks

Inscribed by Ishiguro Masayoshi (1772-after 1851) Edo period, 19th century"

"Sword-Hilt Washer and Pommel (Fuchigashira) Gold, shakudō, shibuichi, copper Inscribed by Ishiguro Koreyoshi Edo period, 19th century"

"Knife Handle (Kozuka) Shakudō, shibuichi, gold; design of a lily Inscribed by Juō Masayoshi Edo period, 19th century"

* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor

"Fittings for a Pair of Swords

Shakudō, inlaid with gold, silver, and shibuichi; design of rabbits

Inscribed by Ishiguro Masayoshi (born (1784)

Edo period, early 19th century

One of Masayoshi's masterpieces, this is a rare complete set of fittings for a daishō (pair of swords)."

Chester Beatty Library *

* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor

"Gotō Mitsuyoshi (Shinjō, 1780-1843) Fifteenth-generation Gotō master Left to right:

Knife Handle (Kozuka) Design of a lion

Hilt Ornaments (Menuki) Design of a cock, a hen, and a chick

Knife Handle (Kozuka) Design of Mount Fuji and a flying crane"

* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor

"Set of Sword Fittings (Mitokoromono)

Design of Suruga Bay, in Shizuoka Prefecture, with a view of Mount Fuji"

* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor

"Gotō Mistumori (Keijō, 1741-1804) Fourteenth-generation Gotō master Left to right:

Knife Handle (Kozuka) Design of a carp in a stream

Knife Handle (Kozuka) Design of a wild boar

Hilt Ornaments (Menuki) Design of a double-edged blade (ken)

Set of Sword Fittings (Mitokoromono) Design of fish"

* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor

"Gotō Mitsutaka (Enjō, 1722-1784) Thirteenth-generation Gotō master Left to right:

Knife Handle (Kozuka) Design of a saw

Hilt Ornaments (Menuki) Design of a narcissus

Knife Handle (Kozuka) Design of a rat"

* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor

"Set of Sword Fittings (Mitokoromono)

Design of the four signs of good fortune:

tortoise, phoenix, kirin, and dragon"

* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor

"Gotō Mistumasa (JūJō, 1689-1742) Twelfth-generation Gotō master Left to right:

Knife Handle (Kozuka) Design of an umbrella

Hilt Ornaments (Menuki) Design of a tree peony

Knife Handle (Kozuka) Design of an incense burner with a lion-shaped handle"

* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor

"Set of Sword Fittings (Mitokoromono)

Design of plum blossoms"

* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor

"Gotō Tsūjō (Mitsunobu, 1664-1721) Eleventh-generation Gotō master Left to right:

Knife Handle (Kozuka) Design of a swan

Grip Ornaments (Menuki) Design of dragons

Knife Handle (Kozuka) Design of a river with flowers"

* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor

"Set of Sword Fittings (Mitokoromono)

Design of Tawaratota battling a giant centipede"

* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor

"Sword Guard (Tsuba) Iron, lacquer, and gold: design of shisi and peonies

Edo period, late 18th-early 19th century

This tsuba ranks among the finest works of the well-known lacquer artist Joka and is one of the few tsuba that he is known to have made. The signature identifies both the lacquer artist and Yasuchika as the maker of the original shakudo tsuba, which Joka was commissioned to replicate in lacquer. This tsuba is important as a fine example of a rare type of work by a noted artist and as a record of the Yasuchika tsuba on which it is based."

* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor

"Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Iron, inlaid with gold and cloisonné enamel

Inscribed by Hirata Harunari (died 1840)

Edo period,

19th century

* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor

"Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Shakudō, gold, cloisonné enamel; design of gourds and leaves

Attributed to the Hirata school

Edo period,

18th century"

* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor

"Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki) Gold, silver, shakudō; design of a chrysanthemum

Inscribed by Nakagawa Isshō (1829-1876) Edo period, 19th century"

"Sword-Hilt Washer and Pommel (Fuchigashira) Shakudō, gold, silver, cloisonné enamel; design of cherry blossoms and jewels

Attributed to Hirata Narikado Edo period, 18th century"

* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor

"Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Brass, shakudō, gold, copper;

design of a raindragon (Amaryū)

Inscribed by Nakanori

Edo period,

late 18th-early 19th century"

National Museum of Ireland -- Decorative Arts & History > What's in Store? *

"TSUBA"

* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor

"Sword Guard (Tsuba) Iron, silver; design of scrolling leaves

Inscribed by Washida Mitsunaka (born 1829) Edo or Meiji period,

3rd quarter of 19th century"

* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor

"Knife Handle (Kozuka) Shakudō, gold, cloisonné enamel; design of a lotus flower and a dragonfly

Attributed to the Hirata school Edo period, late 18th-early 19th century"

"Sword-Hilt Washer and Pommel (Fuchigashira)

Shakudō, cloisonné enamel, mother-of-pearl, gold; design of a butterfly

Inscribed by Masanori Edo period, late 18th-early 19th century"

* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor

"Sword guard (Tsuba)

Shakudō, gold; design of white ants on old wood

Inscribed by Kanō Natsuo (1828-1898)

Late Edo period, 19th century"

* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor

"Sword guard (Tsuba)

Shakudō, gold, copper, silver; design of peony and butterflies

Inscribed by Omori Shuei

Edo period, 18th century"

* Museu do Oriente

* Higgins Armory Museum > Scimitars to Samurai: Arms around the World

"Left row - Top to Bottom

"Shoami school Tsuba with a peony design, 1600s Iron; shakudo plugs; embedded flat gold inlay (hira-zogan) Weight: 4 oz." ...

"Signed 'Choshu Hagi ju Tomohisa saku' Tsuba with landscape design, late 1700s-early 1800s Russeted iron; shakudo Weight: 2 oz." ...

"Tsuba of sukashi-bori (openwork silhouette) type, 1500s-early 1600s Iron Weight: 1 oz." ...

"Heianjo school Tsuba with hollyhock leaf design, 1600s Iron, brass, gold; raised and carved inlay (taka-zogan) Weight: 4 oz. ... Probably Owari school"

"Right row - Top to Bottom

"Signed 'Mito ju Tsujo saku' Tsuba (sword-guard) with design of the legendary hero Sho Ki chasing a demon, 1700s Iron; gilding; shakudo (?) Weight: 3 oz." ...

"Signed 'Sadayoshi' Tsuba with design of a horse under a weeping willow by a stream, late 1700s-early 1800s Iron; gold Weight: 4 oz." ...

"Nanban school Tsuba with dragons, waves and tendrils, 1700s Iron and gold; openwork with embedded, flat gold inlay (hira-zogan); Weight: 1.5 oz." ...

"Goto School Tsuba of chrysanthemum shape, bearing the paulownia crests of the Toyotomi family Shakudo (gold-copper alloy) with nanako ('fish-roe impressions') Weight 1.5 oz." ...