Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

Copper alloy (sentoku), enamel, copper

Dimensions

H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); W. 2 in. (5.1 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 2.8 oz. (79.4 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

29.100.1084