Japanese Iron Tsuba

Archive for August 29th, 2021

Japanese Antique Samurai TSUBA Katana dragon and wave design —

Tsuba is the hand guard mounted on a Japanese sword. It serves to keep the user’s hand from sliding up onto the blade of the sword, to counterbalance the weight of the blade, to communicate the social standing, beliefs and tastes of its owner, and, to some degree, to protect the hand from an opponent’s […]