Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

Iron, gold, copper, brass, silver

Dimensions

H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); W. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); thickness 3/8 in. (1 cm); Wt. 6.1 oz. (172.9 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

36.120.52

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