Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

Iron, copper alloy (sentoku), copper

Dimensions

Diam. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); thickness 1/8 in. (0.3 cm); Wt. 3.5 oz. (99.2 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1924

Accession Number

24.129.1