Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

Iron, gold

Dimensions

3 1/4 x 3 1/8 in. ( 8.3 x 7.9 cm)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Bashford Dean, 1919

Accession Number

19.153.5