Title: Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Herons (鷺図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Date: ca. 1615–1868
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), silver, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: 2 5/8 x 2 3/8 in. (6.7 x 6.0 cm)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881
Geography: Country of Origin    Japan      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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