Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

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

Dimensions

H. 2 in. (5.1 cm); W. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 1.5 oz. (42.5 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

36.120.28

Rights

Public Domain

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