The type of tsuba’s vary, many were casted in iron and chiseled afterwards. The center recess where the blade enters, is called ”nakago ana” ending at the tang of the blade (nakago) the recess on the left is called the ”kozuka hitsu-ana”. The one on the right is called ”kogai hitsu-ana”. These were made in style of the koshirea where the blade fits in together with the ”kogatana” and the ”kogai”’. The owner of this tsuba had no need for the kogai and had the recess filled with gilded brass.
Materials: Iron, Brass, Gold
Status: Sold
