Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Unknown maker

Medium: Iron, gold, silver, copper
Dimensions: H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); W. 3 in. (7.6 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 6.4 oz. (181.4 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: mid-19th century
Pixels: 3640 × 3640
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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). mid-19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.