Sword guard (&lt;i&gt;Tsuba&lt;/i&gt;) Depicting Icefish Between Seaweed (藻に白魚図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: ca. 1615–1868
Medium: Iron, gold, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper
Dimensions: Diam. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 3.7 oz. (104.9 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Accession year: 1891
Tags: Fish