Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Unknown Artist

ca. 1615–1868

Sword Guard (Tsuba) by Unknown Artist

Medium

Iron, wood, copper

Dimensions

H. 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); W. 3 in. (7.6 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.4 oz. (124.7 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

91.1.822

Tags

Insects

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