Title: Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With Grapevines on Trellis Motif (葡萄棚図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Date: possibly 17th century
Culture: Japanese
Artist: Inscribed by Hisanori 
Artist bio: Japanese, active ca. 17th century
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Fittings maker
Medium: Brass, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); W. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.4 oz. (124.7 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Adrian H. Joline, 1914
Geography: Country of Origin    Japan      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Grapes