Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

Iron, copper

Dimensions

Diam. 3 in. (7.6 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 2.5 oz. (70.9 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

29.100.1038