Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>)

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), gold

Dimensions

H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); W. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 3.8 oz. (107.7 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Etsuko O. Morris and John H. Morris Jr., 2018

Accession Number

2018.833.23