Rare sword guard "dai tsuba" · Japan · ID: 3039689
not available anymore
Size
H: 9 cm
H: 3.5 inch
Description
casted from iron, depicting the Japanese character “dai” which means as much as “large”/“extensive”;
made by a “testubin-shi”, the maker of casted teapots. The casting of iron was very expensive in earlier times, since the needed charcoal war very rare and could only be afforded for lots of money. Until nowadays the casted plates have not achieved the attention they earn.