Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

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

Dimensions

H. 2 in. (5.1 cm); W. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 1.5 oz. (42.5 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

36.120.28

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