Sword Guard (&lt;i&gt;Tsuba&lt;/i&gt;) Depicting The Pine Grove at Miho (三保松原図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: mid-19th century
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)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Accession year: 1891
Tags: Mountains|Trees