I recently picked this one up. It appears to be a stylised representation of the halo of the Amida Buddha. I am curious about the theme… Was this a common theme? Was it like the European knights having Christian imagery worked into their swords and armour as protective symbols? Given the wide variety of imagery from nature, legend, folklore, history etc on tsuba were there areas that specialised in religious themes? (This is connected to the current discussion started by iado du
