Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

Copper alloy (bronze), copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver, copper

Dimensions

H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); W. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 2.8 oz. (79.4 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

36.120.10

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