Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Guardian of the Buddha (仁王図鐔)

Medium

Copper (suaka), gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)

Dimensions

H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); W. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); thickness 11/16 in. (1.8 cm); Wt. 6.2 oz. (175.8 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

91.1.790

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