Title: Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Guo Jù (郭巨図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Date: ca. 1700–1850
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Iron, gold, silver, copper
Dimensions: H. 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm); W. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 5.8 oz. (164.4 g)
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
Tags: term: Human Figures, term: Houses, term: Flowers