Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Comical Character Hyottoko (火男図鐔)

Medium

Iron, copper, gold

Dimensions

H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); W. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 3.1 oz. (87.9 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

91.1.818

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