Sword Guard (Tsuba) in Shingen Design (信玄鐔) ca. 1615–1868 Japanese Legend has it that once the famous warlord Takeda Shingen (武田信玄, 1521-1573) started to wrap brass wires around the openwork bridges and rim of his tsuba as an excersise of concentration whilst waiting for the start of a battle. There are now tsuba that do feature brass or copper wired wound around an iron openwork frame and such which are merely inlaid with different metals to give that appearance. This tsuba is of the former category. Apart from the Shingen décor, there are two openings for scabbard accessories (hitsu-ana) and
Sword Guard (Tsuba) in Shingen Design (信玄鐔) ca. 1615–1868 Japanese Legend has it that once the famous warlord Takeda Shingen (武田信玄, 1521-1573) started to wrap brass wires around the openwork bridges and rim of his tsuba as an excersise of concentration whilst waiting for the start of a battle. There are now tsuba that do feature brass or copper wired wound around an iron openwork frame and such which are merely inlaid with different metals to give that appearance. This tsuba is of the former category. Apart from the Shingen décor, there are two openings for scabbard accessories (hitsu-ana) and wire is also wound around the Sword Guard (Tsuba) in Shingen Design (信玄鐔) 25686
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