Sword guard (&lt;i&gt;Tsuba&lt;/i&gt;) Depicting Bodhidharma Facing a Wall (面壁達磨図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: ca. 1615–1868
Medium: Copper alloy (sentoku), copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold
Dimensions: H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); W. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); thickness 3/8 in. (1 cm); Wt. 6.9 oz. (195.6 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Accession year: 1891
Tags: Men