- that hold the
blade of a ****anese
sword when it is
being worn or stored.
Koshirae (拵え)
refers to the
ornate mountings of a ****anese
sword (e.g. katana) used...
-
legendary swordsmith Masamune favored.
Aikuchi (合口): The
aikuchi is a tantō
koshirae where the
fuchi is
flush with the
mouth of the sheath.
There is no handguard...
-
typically depicted as a
katana and
wakizashi (or a tantō)
mounted in
matching koshirae, but
originally the daishō was the
wearing of any long and
short katana...
- length, tang length,
kissaki style, etc.
Nagamaki presumably could have
koshirae in a
tachi or
katana style as well as a
nagamaki style,
however there are...
- to be worn in
tachi style, it
needed to be
mounted in a
tachi koshirae. The
tachi koshirae has two
hangers (ashi) so the
sword can be worn in a horizontal...
- 'skull cracker' design. Tsuba, a hand
guard present on some
types of jitte.
Koshirae.
Jitte can
occasionally be
found housed in a sword-type case
hiding the...
- period. The
Metropolitan Museum of Art. An
antique ****anese
wakizashi with
koshirae and
related parts,
shown dis-****embled. The
hamon (temper line) is clearly...
- Nōhime: Cousin; Saitō Dōsan daughter; Wife of Oda
Nobunaga The
Tensho Koshirae was
first forged during the Azuchi-Momoyama Era and was
meant to be a replica...
- of Fine Arts, Boston.
Black lacquered hanamaru mon maki-e
raden daishō
koshirae.
Meiji period.
Mounting for a
katana forged by Motoshige. late 16th or...
-
round handguard (tsuba)
between the
blade and shaft, when
mounted in a
koshirae (furniture). The 30 cm to 60 cm (11.8
inches to 23.6 inches)
naginata blade...
