Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper

Dimensions

H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); W. 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 2.2 oz. (62.4 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

29.100.1064