Title: Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With the Motif of Sunrise Over the Ocean (日の出に波濤図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Copper, gold, silver or copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: H. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.3 oz. (121.9 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
Tags: term: Waves