Hand guard; Rounded square tsuba with plum blossoms stylized on both sides in circles (mon?) Amidst inlays tendrils; the ryo-hitu are filled with bronze with a stylized floral pattern on one side and a spiraling line on the other; signed 'yama-shiro kuni ju yoshinaga saku'; Yoshinaga; Japan; 1600 - 1699; Momoyama-period (1573-1615) / Edo-period (1600-1868); iron (metal); bronze (metal); silver (metal); h 7.4 cm x w 7.5 cm