Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With Sumō Wrestling Motif (相撲図鐔)

Medium

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

Dimensions

H. 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 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

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

Accession Number

91.1.796

Rights

Public Domain

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