Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper, gold

Dimensions

H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); W. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); thickness 3/8 in. (1 cm); Wt. 10 oz. (283.5 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

91.1.794

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