Sword Guard (&lt;i&gt;Tsuba&lt;/i&gt;) Depicting Herons (鷺図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: ca. 1615–1868
Medium: Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), silver, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: 2 5/8 x 2 3/8 in. (6.7 x 6.0 cm)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881
Accession year: 1881
Tags: Birds|Flowers