Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

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

Dimensions

H. 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm); W. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 2.1 oz. (59.5 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

19.154.7