Title: Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With the Motif of Lǐ Bái Viewing a Waterfall (李白観瀑図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Date: ca. 1615–1868
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper
Dimensions: H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); W. 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 4.5 oz. (127.6 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: Men, term: Trees