Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) with <i>Sansui Nanga</i> (Mountain and Seascape) Design

Medium

Iron, gold

Dimensions

H. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); W. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.6 oz. (129 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of James Lancel McElhinney, 2019

Accession Number

2019.163.3

Rights

Public Domain