Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

Bronze, copper

Dimensions

Sword guard (Tsuba): H. 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); W. 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 5.8 oz. (164.4 g) Fuchi: H. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm); L. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); thickness 1 in. (2.5 cm); Wt. 1.4 oz. (39.7 g) Kashira: H. 13/16 in. (2.1 cm); L. 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm); thickness 15/16 in. (2.4 cm); Wt. 2.7 oz. (76.5 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Culture

Japanese or Chinese?

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936

Accession Number

36.120.218a–c

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