Myoga Kamon Engraving [F]Minosaka_Workshop and Ono-ha Itto-ryu Shoto and

and Ono-ha Itto-ryu Shoto and Bokken

This Tsuba is named after the a famous Edo period Samurai called Hirata

With cord or chain

Full size: 45 cm x 102 cm

The Hon Biwa is very close in appearance as in technical specifications to Tsubaki (camellia)

Myoga Kamon Engraving [F]Minosaka_Workshop and Ono-ha Itto-ryu Shoto andMyoga Kamon Engraving Figure Zingiber mioga (Japanese ginger) in Japanese. The Myoga is one of the 10 most used family emblems (judaimon) in Japan. The word "Myoga", when written with different Chinese characters, can also mean "God's blessing", and this mon was thus believed to attract divine protection. The Myoga mon has about 230 known variations, but the most commonly used design is the Daki Myoga, which represents two symmetrical circular ginger