Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Artist: Kanō Natsuo|紫原壽良画 Murasakibara Toshiyoshi
Artist bio: Japanese, 1828–1898|Japanese, recorded 1865–84
Artist role: Fittings maker|Decorator
Artist nationality: Japanese|Japanese
Date: mid-19th century
Medium: Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver, copper
Dimensions: H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); W. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.3 oz. (121.9 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Accession year: 1936
Tags: Birds|Flowers