Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: early 18th century
Medium: Iron, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, bronze, copper
Dimensions: H. 3 in. (7.6 cm); W. 3 in. (7.6 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 5.9 oz. (167.3 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Accession year: 1936