Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Unknown maker

Medium: Iron, brass, copper
Dimensions: Diam. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); thickness 1/8 in. (0.3 cm); Wt. 3.2 oz. (90.7 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: late 16th–early 17th century
Pixels: 3633 × 3633
SHA-256: 7c5bd585cd577120…
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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–early 17th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.