Visual glossary of tosogu and koshirae terms


Here one can find a brief visualization of the most commonly used terms for tosogu and koshirae.

Tsuba (鐔)



Kōgai (笄)



Kozuka (小柄)



Menuki (目貫)



Uchigatana-koshirae (打刀拵)




Photo source: The Tagane no Majutsu (鏨の魔術), 2011, pp. 7-11.


Translated by Dmitry Pechalov