NihontoWatchNihontoWatchSince the skin of rays and sharks originally comes from aquatic animals, it is resistant to rain and, furthermore, is lightweight when dry, which led to it being favored as a material for koshirae. Its use wrapped around the tsuka to enhance the anti-slip effect has existed since ancient times, but one wonders around when it began to be adopted as decoration for the saya. Based on the practical koshirae of the Sengoku period and constructed upon the aesthetic sense of Hosokawa Sansai is the Higo koshirae, and here too, samegawa is used extensively.
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