Title: Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Date: 18th century
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), bronze, copper
Dimensions: Diam. 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 3.6 oz. (102.1 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Geography: Country of Origin    Japan      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Flutes, term: Cows