Title: Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Heron on Boat (一路平安図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>)
Date: 18th century
Culture: Japanese
Artist:  Shōzui 
Artist bio: Japanese, Edo, 1696–1769
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Fittings maker
Medium: Iron, gold, copper-silver alloy (<i>shibuichi</i>)
Dimensions: H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); W. 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 4.9 oz. (138.9 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Geography: Country of Origin    Japan      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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