Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

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

Dimensions

H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); W. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 3.2 oz. (90.7 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund, 1919

Accession Number

19.71.3

Tags