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Hirado Kunishige (平戸市國重)
A group of Japanese sword fitting makers working on the island of Hirado.
Japanese term for the mountings of an edged weapon.
Japanese word for a samurai tool.
Japanese name of a small utility knife worn in sword and dagger scabbards.
Tsuba (鍔 / 鐔)
Japanese name for a sword guard.
Chinese for the handguard of a weapon.
The Japanese term for a hair arranging pin that was worn in Japanese sword scabbards.
The Japanese term for a hair arranging needle that can be split to form a pair of chopsticks.
Japanese term for a cross-shaped tsuba often used on tachi swords.
Japanese word for a sword guard shape. Literelly "hollyhock shape".
A Japanese maker of sword mounts, active in the Edo period.
Sinhala for side plates on a sword.
Sinhala for "knuckle guard".
Sinhala term given by Deraniyagala for "knuckle guard".
Kiyou Toujin tsuba (崎陽唐人鐔)
Japanese style sword guards made by Chinese craftsmen in Nagasaki.
Dāo hūshǒu (刀護手)
Qing Chinese for "saber guard".
Asian export sword guards
Sword guards that were made across Asia, specifically with export in mind.