Sword Guard (Tsuba) with the Carp and Seaweed Motif (藻鯉図鐔)

Kansai (寛斎)

Medium: Iron, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); W. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); thickness 7/16 in. (1 cm); Wt. 4.8 oz. (136.1 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: dated 1868 (Keiō 4, 5th month)
Pixels: 3000 × 4000
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Kansai (寛斎). Sword Guard (Tsuba) with the Carp and Seaweed Motif (藻鯉図鐔), dated 1868 (Keiō 4, 5th month). The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) with the Carp and Seaweed Motif (藻鯉図鐔)