Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

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

Dimensions

H. 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm); W. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.9 oz. (138.9 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

19.154.3

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