This is a brass inlay tsuba (sword guard) featuring a plum blossom design and a mesh pattern. Brass inlay is a technique that combines brass (an alloy of copper and zinc) with inlay (a decorative technique of embedding materials like gold, silver, shell, or wood). The plum blossom design, expressed with soft indentations, and the mesh pattern, decorated with inlay, give the tsuba a stylish and elegant appearance. Why not add it to your collection?