Title: Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With Cherry Blossom Motif (桜図与四郎象嵌鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Date: 17th century
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Iron, brass
Dimensions: H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); W. 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 5.6 oz. (158.8 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Geography: Country of Origin    Japan      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Flowers