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

Bairyūken Kiyotatsu

late 18th century

Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) by Bairyūken Kiyotatsu

Medium

Iron, gold, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>)

Dimensions

H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); W. 3 in. (7.6 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 3.7 oz. (104.9 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Accession Number

29.100.1045

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