Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper

Dimensions

H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); W. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 5.3 oz. (150.3 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Gifts of R. Milton Mitchell Jr. and F.J. Peplow, by exchange, 2007

Accession Number

2007.369

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