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

Medium

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

Dimensions

H. 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); W. 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 5.8 oz. (164.4 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, by exchange, 2008

Accession Number

2008.465

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