Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

Copper

Dimensions

Diam. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 5.3 oz. (150.3 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

43.120.931

Rights

Public Domain