Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

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

Dimensions

H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); W. 3 in. (7.6 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 5.1 oz. (144.6 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936

Accession Number

36.120.153

Rights

Public Domain

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