Composition of Katana

The tsuba is the equivalent of the commonly known sword grill or hand guard，is for katana is a very important accessory, If the sword equipment is the complete costume of a samurai, then the tsuba can be said to be the face of a samurai.

the dragon form of Horimono took over half of the carvings, and is now the most common form of Horimono.Other common carvings include Acalanatha, Guligaro (another form of Acalanatha), Manjushri, Samantabhadra、Sanskrit.

In addition to the shape of the nakakago, swordsmiths also put a certain pattern of stripes on the nakakago, called yasurime, which is called suridashi on the underside of the nakakago where the yasurime begins.

Nakago refers to the part below the blade and attached to the hilt, which contains rich information in the identification of Japanese swords and is no less important than the blade.