Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Unknown maker

Medium: Iron, copper
Dimensions: Diam. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); thickness 3/8 in. (1 cm); Wt. 5.6 oz. (158.8 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: late 18th–early 19th century
Pixels: 3639 × 3639
SHA-256: 22e81f22f790ee6b…
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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 18th–early 19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.