Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Artist: Ishiguro Koreyoshi
Artist bio: Japanese, active 19th century
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: Japanese
Date: 1840–60
Medium: Iron, gold, copper, silver, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); W. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 4.5 oz. (127.6 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Accession year: 1914
Tags: Birds|Flowers