Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: 19th century
Medium: Gold, silver, copper, copper alloy (sentoku), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm): W. 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund, 1919
Accession year: 1919