Title: Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With Flower Basket Motif (花籠透鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>)
Date: 1860
Culture: Japanese
Artist:  萩谷勝平 Hagiya Katsuhira 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1804–1886
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Fittings maker
Medium: Iron, copper-silver alloy (<i>shibuichi</i>), gold, silver, copper
Dimensions: H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 3 oz. (85 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund, 1919
Geography: Country of Origin    Japan      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Flowers