Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

Iron, lacquer, gold, silver, copper

Dimensions

Diam. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); thickness 11/16 in. (1.7 cm); Wt. 2 oz. (56.7 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Bashford Dean, 1919

Accession Number

19.153.7