Sword Guard (&lt;i&gt;Tsuba&lt;/i&gt;) Depicting Crickets (鈴虫図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: ca. 1615–1868
Medium: Iron, gold, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi) or silver, bronze, copper
Dimensions: H. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); W. 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 3.9 oz. (110.6 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Accession year: 1891
Tags: Insects