Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

Iron, gold, copper

Dimensions

Diam. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); thickness 1/8 in. (0.3 cm); Wt. 3.1 oz. (87.9 g)

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

36.120.199