Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

Iron, gold

Dimensions

H. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); W. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936

Accession Number

36.120.198

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