Sober tsuba, Naga Maru Gata (oval) shaped with horizontal edging in the shape of square spirals.
Tate maru gata shape (almost round), Sukidashi gata border (Rim with slightly marked rim), with Kozuka and Kogai Ana.

• Material: Iron, with black patina
• Size: 84x 75 x 4.5 mm
• Weight: 150g

Umetada 埋忠 is a Japanese school of blacksmithing and metalworking that refers to Umetada Myoju (1558-1631), a Kyoto blacksmith who became the founder of the manufacture of what are called "new swords", or Shinto, and ranked among the great designers and makers of sword guards, alongside Kaneie and Nobuie.
Although he is renowned for having carved metal for sword mounts, there is not a single sword guard that can be said with certainty to have been carved by him. Most of what remains are works in copper, brass, and shakudo inlay (zogan) using patterns reminiscent of the colorful images of the Ogata Kōrin school. Umetada Myoju established the style and fame of the Umetada name, which flourished considerably after his time.
The Umetada school has its origins in the Shoami 正阿彌 school, and there were already Umetada-type works before the school was formalized by Myoju Umetada. These older guards, from the Muromachi period, are called Ko-Umetada, or old Umetada.