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Japanese sword mountings

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…

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Shirasaya

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Japanese sword mountings

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tsuba sword japanese saya tsuka katana koshirae blade scabbard made used tachi hilt sageo wakizashi habaki mounting also samurai period

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the lacquered wood retaining moistureinstance ofowing to factors0.80text
encouraging corrosion.Such mountings are not intended for actual combatinstance ofowing to factors0.80text
as the lack of a tsubainstance ofowing to factors0.80text
a kabuto-gane instead of a kashira.AikuchiThe aikuchiinstance ofkoshirae was worn katana-style but included some tachi related fittings0.80text
gold.Tsuba are usually finely decoratedinstance ofthere was peace in Japan so tsuba became more ornamental and made of less practical metals0.80text
and nowadays are collector's itemsinstance ofthere was peace in Japan so tsuba became more ornamental and made of less practical metals0.80text
a kabuto-gane instead of a kashirainstance ofkoshirae was worn katana-style but included some tachi related fittings0.80text

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