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What (who) is tsuba - definition
HOUSINGS AND ASSOCIATED FITTINGS THAT HOLD THE BLADE OF A JAPANESE SWORD
Tsuba; Aikuchi; Tanka o kiru; Shikomizue; Shikomi-zue; Shikomni-zue; Kochirae; Shirasaya; Sageo; Aguchi; Saya (scabbard); Jintachi; 鞘; Aiguchi; Tanka (sword); Shirizaya; Jin taichi; Jin tachi; Koshirae; Kōgai; Kogai; Umabari; Tosogu
, Edo period. 太刀拵, 江戸時代 2.jpg?width=200)
![A diagram of a ''[[katana]]'' and ''koshirae'' with components identified.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Japanese sword and koshirae glossary.jpg?width=200 "A diagram of a ''[[katana]]'' and ''koshirae'' with components identified.")
![''[[Wakizashi]] koshirae'' (''Wakizashi'' mounting). The metal parts are made by Goto Ichijo. [[Edo period]]. [[Tokyo National Museum]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wakizashi Sword Mounting.jpg?width=200 "''[[Wakizashi]] koshirae'' (''Wakizashi'' mounting). The metal parts are made by Goto Ichijo. [[Edo period]]. [[Tokyo National Museum]].")
![''[[Katana]]'' mounting with a polished black lacquer sheath, Edo period. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/蠟色塗鞘打刀拵／牡丹図鐔／牡丹図揃金具 加納夏雄作 Katana koshirae.jpg?width=200 "''[[Katana]]'' mounting with a polished black lacquer sheath, Edo period. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.")
![mon]]'' (family crests). 1600s. [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/金梨子地家紋散糸巻太刀拵 Tachi koshirae 2.jpg?width=200 "mon]]'' (family crests). 1600s. [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]].")
![Two antique ''koshirae'', ''[[katana]]'' (top), ''[[wakizashi]]'' (bottom), in the form of a ''[[daishō]]'' (matched set). [[Edo period]], 19th century. [[Tokyo Fuji Art Museum]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/黒蝋色塗鞘大小拵, Black Waxed Scabbards with Sword Fittings.jpg?width=200 "Two antique ''koshirae'', ''[[katana]]'' (top), ''[[wakizashi]]'' (bottom), in the form of a ''[[daishō]]'' (matched set). [[Edo period]], 19th century. [[Tokyo Fuji Art Museum]].")
![Wakizashi mounting decorated with images of old coins. 1800s. [[The Metropolitan Museum of Art]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi) 2.jpg?width=200 "Wakizashi mounting decorated with images of old coins. 1800s. [[The Metropolitan Museum of Art]]")
![NBTHK]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/倶利伽羅龍図三所物 後藤顕乗, Kogai, kozuka, and menuki made by Gotō Kenjō.jpg?width=200 "NBTHK]].")
![Tsuba with the [[Koi]] and Seaweed Motif, made by Kansai, Edo period, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/藻鯉図鐔, Sword Guard (Tsuba) with the Carp and Seaweed Motif.jpg?width=200 "Tsuba with the [[Koi]] and Seaweed Motif, made by Kansai, Edo period, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.")
.jpg?width=200 "A tsuba created by Sunagawa Masayoshi. 1800s. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.")
![''[[Tantō]]'' mounted in ''aikuchi'' style ''koshirae''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tanto-baroque-p1000709.jpg?width=200 "''[[Tantō]]'' mounted in ''aikuchi'' style ''koshirae''")
 tachi tsuka.jpg?width=200 "''Tachi tsuka''")
.jpg?width=200 "''Tanto tsuka'' showing the ''samegawa''")
![A tsuba carved with a [[sika deer]] made by Fujiwara Toshiyoshi. 1800s. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sword Guard (Tsuba) MET 29.100.1011 002feb2014.jpg?width=200 "A tsuba carved with a [[sika deer]] made by Fujiwara Toshiyoshi. 1800s. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.")
![Two tsuba depicting [[Minamoto no Yorimitsu]] trying to cut a [[tsuchigumo]] with a [[tachi]] named 'Hizamaru'. made by Unnno Yoshimori I (left), Gochiku Sadakatsu (right). [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/土蜘蛛退治図鐔 Tsuba with design of Minamoto no Yorimitsu confronting the Tsuchigumo.jpg?width=200 "Two tsuba depicting [[Minamoto no Yorimitsu]] trying to cut a [[tsuchigumo]] with a [[tachi]] named 'Hizamaru'. made by Unnno Yoshimori I (left), Gochiku Sadakatsu (right). [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]].")
![''Tsuba'' with dragonfly in ''[[shibuichi]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Japanese_-_Tsuba_with_a_Dragonfly_-_Walters_51254.jpg?width=200 "''Tsuba'' with dragonfly in ''[[shibuichi]]''")
![A ''habaki'' in [[gold]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Habaki de Tsuneharu Matsuda - 2016-04-19.jpg?width=200 "A ''habaki'' in [[gold]]")
![Then the ''[[tsuba]]'' is inserted too](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Naginata habaki and tsuba.jpg?width=200 "Then the ''[[tsuba]]'' is inserted too")
![A pair of ''[[daishō]]'' with [[silver]] ''habaki''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Daisho habaki.jpg?width=200 "A pair of ''[[daishō]]'' with [[silver]] ''habaki''")
tsuba
['tsu:ba]
¦ noun (plural same or tsubas) a Japanese sword guard.
Origin
from Japanese.
Tsuba in the collection of Wolverhampton Art Gallery
![demon]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Masayuki tsuba ura.jpg?width=200 "demon]]")
Tsuba in the Collection of Wolverhampton Art gallery; Tsuba in the Collection of Wolverhampton Art Gallery
The Wolverhampton Art Gallery, located in Wolverhampton, England, has a collection of 114 historic tsuba from Japan. The is usually a round (or occasionally squarish) guard at the end of the grip of bladed Japanese weapons, like the katana and its various variations.
Japanese sword mountings
Japanese sword mountings are the various housings and associated fittings (tosogu)The New Generation of Japanese Swordsmiths, Authors Tamio Tsuchiko, Kenji Mishina, Publisher Kodansha International, 2002, P.191&P.
Wikipedia
Japanese sword mountings
, Edo period. 太刀拵, 江戸時代 2.jpg?width=120)
Japanese sword mountings are the various housings and associated fittings (tosogu) that hold the blade of a Japanese sword when it is being worn or stored. Koshirae (拵え) refers to the ornate mountings of a Japanese sword (e.g. katana) used when the sword blade is being worn by its owner, whereas the shirasaya is a plain undecorated wooden mounting composed of a saya and tsuka that the sword blade is stored in when not being used.
