Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Guardian of the Buddha (仁王図鐔)

Unknown maker

Medium: Copper (suaka), gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); W. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); thickness 11/16 in. (1.8 cm); Wt. 6.2 oz. (175.8 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: 19th century
Pixels: 3600 × 3600
SHA-256: a93d40cf67590319…
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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 Guardian of the Buddha (仁王図鐔). 19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.