Title: Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Bodhidharma (達磨図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Date: 18th century
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Iron, gold, silver
Dimensions: D. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); thickness 9/16 in. (1.4 cm); Wt. 8.9 oz. (252.3 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
Tags: term: Men