Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Unknown maker

Medium: Iron, copper
Dimensions: Diam. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 2.9 oz. (82.2 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: late 16th century
Pixels: 3637 × 3637
SHA-256: 28f996f3b9fb8647…
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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). late 16th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.