Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

Bronze, copper

Dimensions

Diam. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 5.7 oz. (161.6 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913

Accession Number

14.40.916