Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) in Shingen Design (信玄鐔)

Medium

Iron, copper

Dimensions

H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); W. 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 3.9 oz. (110.6 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

91.1.767