Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Unknown maker

Medium: Iron, gold, silver, lacquer, copper
Dimensions: Diam. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); D. 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 1.9 oz. (53.9 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: 16th century
Pixels: 3627 × 3627
SHA-256: 59404a4a29483516…
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License, verbatimCC0

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Open Access, Creative Commons Zero (CC0). Flagged isPublicDomain=true in the museum's own record.

Sword Guard (Tsuba). 16th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.