Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: late 18th–early 19th century
Medium: Iron, copper
Dimensions: Diam. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); thickness 3/8 in. (1 cm); Wt. 5.6 oz. (158.8 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Accession year: 1936