Sword Guard (&lt;i&gt;Tsuba&lt;/i&gt;)
Object type: Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Artist: Mino school
Artist bio: Japanese, active 17th–19th century
Artist role: Fittings maker
Artist nationality: Japanese
Date: late 17th–early 18th century
Medium: Copper-gold alloy (probably <i>shakudō</i>), gold
Dimensions: H. 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); W. 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 3.7 oz. (104.9 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Gift of Etsuko O. Morris and John H. Morris Jr., 2018
Accession year: 2018