Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Bodhidharma (達磨図鐔)

Unknown maker

Medium: Iron, gold, silver
Dimensions: D. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); thickness 9/16 in. (1.4 cm); Wt. 8.9 oz. (252.3 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: 18th century
Pixels: 3648 × 3648
SHA-256: 220e1824b193b92f…
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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>) Depicting Bodhidharma (達磨図鐔). 18th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.