Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting The Pine Grove at Miho (三保松原図鐔)

Unknown maker

Medium: Iron, gold, silver-copper alloy (shibuichi), lead
Dimensions: H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); W. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); thickness 1/8 in. (0.3 cm); Wt. 4.5 oz. (127.6 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: mid-19th century
Pixels: 3648 × 3648
SHA-256: 4fbee10e72731762…
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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 The Pine Grove at Miho (三保松原図鐔). mid-19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.