Title: Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Date: late 16th century
Culture: Japanese
Artist:  Ko-kinko school 
Artist bio: Japanese
Artist role: Fittings maker
Medium: Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper
Dimensions: H. 3 in. (7.6 cm); W. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 5.2 oz. (147.4 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Gift of Etsuko O. Morris and John H. Morris Jr., in memory of Dr. Frederick M. Pedersen, 2007
Geography: Country of Origin    Japan      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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