Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With the Motif of Sunrise Over the Ocean (日の出に波濤図鐔)

Unknown maker

Medium: Copper, gold, silver or copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: H. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.3 oz. (121.9 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: 19th century
Pixels: 3648 × 3648
SHA-256: ec7b75343ca81a61…
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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 (<i>Tsuba</i>) With the Motif of Sunrise Over the Ocean (日の出に波濤図鐔). 19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.