Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: 17th century
Medium: Brass (Sentoku), copper-gold alloy (Shakudō)
Dimensions: H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm);  W. 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Accession year: 1936