Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

Iron, gold, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper

Dimensions

H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); W. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 5 oz. (141.7 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

36.120.15

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