Japanese Sword Tsuba Straps ❌️ Not sold separately ❌️ ① #Kogoro Katsura's Beloved Sword …Sword Name… #Bizen Osafune Kiyomitsu A sword said to have been owned by Kogoro Katsura (Takayoshi Kido), a politician of the late Edo and Meiji Restoration periods, one of the #"Three Great Men of the Restoration" …Sword Guard (Tsuba)… Reproduces the beautiful and powerful #"Sukashi Pine Tree Tsuba," reminiscent of Katsura, who aspired to both literary and military arts from the age of 10. ② #Ryoma Sakamoto's Beloved Sword …Sword Name… #Mutsu no Kami Yoshiyuki A work by Yoshiyuki, a swordsmith who was active in Tosa during the mid-Edo period. It is said that Ryoma loved this sword and was proud to always wear it at his side. …Sword Guard (Tsuba)… The tsuba expresses the #"Kara-jishi Botan Tsuba" believed to have been attached to the sword Ryoma carried during the #Teradaya Incident. ③ #Shinsaku Takasugi's Beloved Sword …Sword Name… #Aki no Kuni Saeki-sho Fujiwara Sadayasu Known as the sword of Shinsaku Takasugi, who was active as a loyalist and anti-foreign expulsion activist of the Choshu clan. …Sword Guard (Tsuba)… This tsuba reproduces the #"Kiheitai Tsuba," made to prevent the sword from slipping from the hand by passing a string through two holes and tying it to the wrist, which was used by the Kiheitai soldiers of the Choshu clan. #Kogoro Katsura #Bizen Osafune Kiyomitsu #Ryoma Sakamoto #Mutsu no Kami Yoshiyuki #Shinsaku Takasugi #Aki no Kuni Saeki-sho Fujiwara Sadayasu Thank you for viewing.