Iron Tanto Tsuba Decorated with Buddhist Temple Motivs Decorated with a Japanese festival

Decorated with a Japanese festival theme

Wood core hole: 25 mm x 7 mm

Made of shinchu and decorated with inlaid metals

Iron tanto tsuba

Yoshitsune was placed under care of the monks of Kurama temple

Iron Tanto Tsuba Decorated with Buddhist Temple Motivs Decorated with a Japanese festivalIron tanto tsuba. On the front of the tsuba there are two distinctive decorations. The one at the top is onigawara, a roof ornament depicting a head of the demon. They are most often seen on Buddhist temples. At the bottom there is a tile with tomoe. This are more often used to decorate Shinto shrines but we can also see them on Buddhist ones. On the front there is also Paulownia Go San Mon. In the past used by Toyotomi Clan and now by government of