Sword-Hilt Collar and Pommel (Fuchigashira)

Medium

Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), gold, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)

Dimensions

Kashira (a); H. 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); Wt. 0.6 oz. (17 g); fuchi (b); H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Wt. 0.9 oz. (25.5 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Fuchi-Kashira

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of a Trustee of the Museum, 1917

Accession Number

17.208.82a, b