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