Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

Iron, copper

Dimensions

H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); W. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); thickness 1/8 in. (0.3 cm); Wt. 2.7 oz. (76.5 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

19.154.37