拵 拵え

Japanese sword mountings and fittings.

Hilt and blade components

• Tsuka (柄): sword handle.
• Kashira (頭): end cap (pommel) on the end of the tsuka.
• Shitodome (鵐目): small metal collars in the kashira and/or kurigata.
• Samegawa (鮫皮): ray or shark skin used to cover the bare wooden handle.
• Same-hada (鮫肌): literally the pattern of the ray skin (of samegawa).
• Tsukamaki (柄巻): way (pattern) of wrapping tsuka-ito around the tsuka (see reference).
• Tsuka-ito (柄糸): leather straps or woven cord used in the tsukamaki.
• Mekugi (目釘): peg(s) for securing the handle to the blade.
• Mekugi-ana (目釘穴): hole(s) for the mekugi.
• Menuki (目貫): decorative metal fittings for the tsuka (generally underneath the tsukamaki; see reference).
• Fuchi (縁): hilt collar between the tsuka and the tsuba.
• Tsuba (鐔 or 鍔): sword guard.
• Seppa (切羽): washers or spacers above and below the tsuba to tighten the fittings.
• Habaki (鎺): blade collar.

Scabbard components

• Saya (鞘): sword scabbard.
• Koiguchi (鯉口): mouth of the saya or its fitting.
• Kurigata (栗形): saya fitting for attaching the sageo.
• Sageo (下げ緒): cord used for tying the saya to the obi.
• Kaeritsuno (返角): hook-shaped fitting used to lock the saya to the obi while drawing.
• Kojiri (鐺): end cap on the end of the scabbard.
• Kogai (笄): spike for hair and knot arrangements carried in a pocket of the saya, often paired with kozuka (see reference).
• Kozuka (小柄): decorated utility knife carried in a pocket of the saya, often paired with kogai (see reference).

External links

• Touken World (JP): Koshirae part names
• Wikipedia: Koshirae
• Wikipedia: Koshirae components (image)

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