Sword Guard (&lt;i&gt;Tsuba&lt;/i&gt;) Depicting Guardian of the Buddha (仁王図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: 19th century
Medium: Copper (suaka), gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); W. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); thickness 11/16 in. (1.8 cm); Wt. 6.2 oz. (175.8 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Accession year: 1891
Tags: Demons