Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

Iron, gold, silver, lacquer, copper

Dimensions

Diam. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); D. 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 1.9 oz. (53.9 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Masauji Goda, 1906

Accession Number

06.1266