The tsuba is a Japanese sword-guard. It is a small, flat, plate, usually circular or oval, although square, lozenge, and irregular shapes are known. The plate is pierced by an elongated slit, with sometimes a hole at each side for sword knife and sword needle.

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A Japanese tsuba, round shape with openwork and blossom flower…

Japanese Blossom Tsuba with Openwork Design

A Japanese tsuba, round shape with openwork and blossom flower design. Signed. Length 8 cm.

Cast metal Japanese tsuba

Japanese Cast Metal Tsuba

Cast metal Japanese tsuba

A Japanese Edo period iron tsuba, circular shape pierced and…

Edo Period Gold Inlaid Pine Tree Iron Tsuba

A Japanese Edo period iron tsuba, circular shape pierced and inlaid with goldwork pine trees, with NBTHK papers. Diameter 7.7 cm.

A large and rare Japanese Edo period tsuba by Ichinomiya…

Edo Period Tsuba by Ichinomiya Nagastune, 1781

A large and rare Japanese Edo period tsuba by Ichinomiya Nagastune, rounded oval iron with mixed metals, silver gold floral and bird details under a silver moon. Signed with date, dated 5th May 1781. Dimensions 85 x 8 cm.

A fine Japanese Edo iron tsuba by Kigen, circular with pierced…

Japanese Edo Iron Tsuba with Grass and Fireflies Motif

A fine Japanese Edo iron tsuba by Kigen, circular with pierced grass motif and gilt fireflies. Signed with NBTHK papers 23 April 1996. C. 1740. Diameter 7.2 cm.

A Japanese tsuba with gilt flower design, 20th century. 6.5 x 7…

Gilt Flower Tsuba: Japanese 20th Century Design

A Japanese tsuba with gilt flower design, 20th century. 6.5 x 7 cm

A 19th century fine shibayama gold lacquer tsuba, Meiji period,…

Meiji Shibayama Gold Lacquer Tsuba

A 19th century fine shibayama gold lacquer tsuba, Meiji period, of quatrefoil form, the kinji ground of gold decorated with reference to the Tanabata festival in hiramakie and takamakie, the reverse depicting a bird catching an insect, flowers in shell…

A very fine shibayama gold lacquer Mokkogata tsuba, Meiji…

Shibayama Gold Lacquer Tsuba with Rabbit and Oni Motifs

A very fine shibayama gold lacquer Mokkogata tsuba, Meiji period, signed Nemoto-zo. Inlaid in mother of pearl, coral, ivory, and shakudo on a nashiji and kirikane ground and decorated in takamakie and hiramakie lacquer, with silver and cloisonne rim., one…

Japanese Tsuba with Fuchi Kashira, with gold inlays

Gold Inlaid Japanese Tsuba and Fuchi Kashira Set

Japanese Tsuba with Fuchi Kashira, with gold inlays

Japanese large Tsuba (Meiji Period) with gold inlays

Meiji Tsuba with Gold Inlays

Japanese large Tsuba (Meiji Period) with gold inlays

A 19th century Japanese Tsuba inlaid in gold and silver…

Gold and Silver Inlaid Tsuba: Seated Warriors

A 19th century Japanese Tsuba inlaid in gold and silver depicting seated warriors

A Soten style iron tsuba, Meiji period, decorated in gold…

Gold Nunomezogan Iron Tsuba, Meiji Period, Signed Soten

A Soten style iron tsuba, Meiji period, decorated in gold 'nunomezogan' signed 'hikone junin soten sei', 7 cm long

A Japanese tsuba, Kozuka and a pair of Menuki, the pre World…

Japanese Naval Tsuba, Kozuka, and Menuki Set

A Japanese tsuba, Kozuka and a pair of Menuki, the pre World War II era brass naval tsuba with incised rising sun motifs; the kozuka having a double sided decorative copper handle with gold embellishment featuring traditional figures in a boat; the…

Japanese iron tsuba. Pod and vine decoration. No signature

Japanese Iron Tsuba with Pod and Vine Decoration

Japanese iron tsuba. Pod and vine decoration. No signature

Japanese iron tsuba. Dragon decoration, no signature

Dragon-embellished Japanese iron tsuba (unsigned)

Japanese iron tsuba. Dragon decoration, no signature

Japanese iron tsuba, pierced design. Curled dragon decoration.…

Pierced Dragon Iron Tsuba - Unsigned

Japanese iron tsuba, pierced design. Curled dragon decoration. No signature