Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>)

Unknown maker

Medium: Iron, gold, copper
Dimensions: H. 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 3.4 oz. (96.4 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: 17th century
Pixels: 3638 × 3638
SHA-256: 26f3960bfd8899c6…
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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>). 17th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.