When was "Sword Guard (Tsuba)" created?

This artwork was created late 18th century.

What medium is "Sword Guard (Tsuba)"?

Sword Guard (Tsuba) is Copper, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō).

Yes, Sword Guard (Tsuba) is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Unknown Artist

late 18th century

Medium

Copper, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)

Dimensions

Diam. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.7 oz. (133.2 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Herman A. E. and Paul C. Jaehne, 1943

Accession Number

43.120.811