Sakura Sukashi Tsuba - T066

This made in Japan Tsuba features cherry blossom, the famous Japanese "Sakura".
Cherry blossoms, or Sakura in Japanese, are the small, delicate pink flowers of the cherry blossom trees. The springtime bloom is a wonderful spectacle but relatively brief. After only two weeks, they drop to the ground and wither, falling like light pink snowflakes. Cherry blossoms symbolizes the brilliance, fragility and transience of life. The symbolic of the Sakura was of the utmost importance in the Samurai culture, Samurai considering their life as fragile and ephemere as the Sakura.

This Tsuba is available in two sizes, standard and small. The small size is specifically recommended for light weight Iaito, but it can also be an interesting choice in order to move the balance toward the blade instead of the Tsuka.

• Material: Blackened iron
• Standard Size:
  Vertical height: 76 mm
  Horizontal width: 76 mm
  Thickness: 4.5 mm
  Weight: 94 g
• Small Size:
  Vertical height: 70 mm
  Horizontal width: 70 mm
  Thickness: 3 mm
  Weight: 57 g