Editing Japanese sword (section)

=== Mountings ===
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[[File:黒蝋色塗鞘大小拵刀装具, Sword Fittings Tsuba, Fuchigashira, Menuki, Kozuka, Kogai.jpg|thumb|300px|Sword fittings. ''Tsuba'' (top left) and ''fuchigashira'' (top right) made by Ishiguro Masayoshi in the 18th or 19th century. ''Kogai'' (middle) and ''kozuka'' (bottom) made by Yanagawa Naomasa in the 18th century, [[Edo period]]. [[Tokyo Fuji Art Museum]].]]

In Japanese, the scabbard is referred to as a ''[[Commons:Category:Saya|saya]]'', and the handguard piece, often intricately designed as an individual work of art—especially in later years of the [[Edo period]]—was called the ''[[tsuba]]''. Other aspects of the mountings [[Commons:Category:Koshirae|(''koshirae'')]], such as the ''[[Commons:Category:Menuki|menuki]]'' (decorative grip swells), ''[[Commons:Category:Habaki|habaki]]'' (blade collar and scabbard wedge), ''[[Commons:Category:Fuchi|fuchi]]'' and ''[[Commons:Category:Kashira (tsuka)|kashira]]'' (handle collar and cap), ''[[Commons:Category:Kozuka|kozuka]]'' (small utility knife handle), ''[[Commons:Category:Kogai|kogai]]'' (decorative skewer-like implement), ''[[Commons:Category:Saya|saya]]'' lacquer, and ''[[Commons:Category:Tsuka-ito|tsuka-ito]]'' (professional handle wrap, also named {{transliteration|ja|tsukamaki}}), received similar levels of artistry.
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