Gallery
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TsukaTsuka, wakizashi and katana.
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Nakago (tang) of a wakizashi blade, showing a habaki (blade collar).
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Kissaki (blade tip or point) of a tachi blade, Bizen school, signed Bizen Kuni Osafune Yoshikage; Nambokucho era (14th century).
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The habaki (blade collar) which locks the blade into the saya (scabbard).
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An Edo era wakizashi koshirae. This example omits any tsuka-ito (handle wrapping), showing bare Same' (stingray skin). Note the decoration of the saya.
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Elaborate tsuba (hand guard) of the Edo period.
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shirasaya (storage mounts), used to protect the blade when not mounted in a koshirae (formal mounts).
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