Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

Iron, silver, gold, copper

Dimensions

Diam. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); thickness 1/16 in. (0.2 cm); Wt. 3.1 oz. (87.9 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Accession Number

29.100.1037