Sword Guard (&lt;i&gt;Tsuba&lt;/i&gt;) With the Motif of Dragonfly in Grapevine (葡萄に勝虫図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: probably 18th–19th century
Medium: Iron, gold, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>)
Dimensions: H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); W. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); thickness 1/8 in. (0.3 cm); Wt. 4.8 oz. (136.1 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Accession year: 1891
Tags: Dragonflies