Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With Sumō Wrestling Motif (相撲図鐔)

Medium

Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper, gold, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)

Dimensions

H. 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 5.4 oz. (153.1 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

91.1.796

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