Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Iris in Running Water (水辺の杜若図鐔)

Medium

Brass, gold

Dimensions

H. 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 2.9 oz. (82.2 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891

Accession Number

91.1.801

Rights

Public Domain

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