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   The Public Domain Review (publicdomainrev@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Jun-2025 01:46:19 JST The Public Domain Review

   In Japanese the circular guard above the handle of a sword is known as a "tsuba", and they became important symbols for samurai in medieval and early modern Japan. Browse images of a wonderful collection from 1916 here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/photographs-of-japanese-sword-guards-1916