Tsuba, Pierced iron, engraved brass inlay, The iron tsuba is round in shape, with sukashi (openwork), and has hon zogan (true inlay) decoration of shinchu hira (flat brass) showing mon-jirushi ni mogosa (various crests with waterweed). This Bizen Yoshiro style of inlay does not stand above the surface of the iron, and was a specialty of the Fushimi Yoshiro, Takahashi school., At the center is the nakago-ana, an opening through which the sword passes. At left is sashi ura, the side which faces the blade. Its opening takes the hangetsu-kei (half moon) shape and has shinchu fukurin (brass rim) covers. Surrounding these openings, is the seppadai, a flat oval area that is migaki (burnished). The rim of the tsuba is round, or maru-mimi., Japan, 15961615, metalwork, Decorative Arts, Tsuba.
Tsuba, Pierced iron, engraved brass inlay, The iron tsuba is round in shape, with sukashi (openwork), and has hon zogan (true inlay) decoration of shinchu hira (flat brass) showing mon-jirushi ni mogosa (various crests with waterweed). This Bizen Yoshiro style of inlay does not stand above the surface of the iron, and was a specialty of the Fushimi Yoshiro, Takahashi school., At the center is the nakago-ana, an opening through which the sword passes. At left is sashi ura, the side which faces the blade. Its opening takes the hangetsu-kei (half moon) shape and has shinchu fukurin (brass rim) covers. Surrounding these openings, is the seppadai, a flat oval area that is migaki (burnished). The rim of the tsuba is round, or maru-mimi., Japan, 15961615, metalwork, Decorative Arts, Tsuba