Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Bodhidharma (達磨図鐔)

Medium

Iron, gold, silver

Dimensions

D. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); thickness 9/16 in. (1.4 cm); Wt. 8.9 oz. (252.3 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891

Accession Number

91.1.800

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