Tsukamaki

Tsukamaki is the art of wrapping the tsuba. In the course of Japanese history, many different styles of tsukamaki have been seen. In the links below, we would like to give you an idea and also show you how to do tsukamaki on your own sword.

 

The Art of Tsukamaki (Thomas L Buck)
This article shows how tsukamaki is done in detail with many pictures and suggestions.

Tsukamaki Styles (Stefan Sebregts)
On the pages of this website you will find 50 different styles of tsukamaki. The pictures are scans of photos from the library of The Japanese Sword Society of the United  States.

 

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