Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Yoshitane
mid-19th century
Medium
Iron, copper
Dimensions
H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); W. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 5.4 oz. (153.1 g)
Classification
Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Culture
Japanese
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Gift of Thomas Mendenhall, by exchange, 2006
Accession Number
2006.405
Tags
Musical InstrumentsChildren