Sword-Hilt Collar and Pommel (Fuchigashira)

Japanese

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 378

A fuchigashira is a pair of matching sword fittings comprising the fuchi (collar at the base of the grip of the sword hilt) and kashira (pommel cap at the end of a sword hilt).

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