Title: Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Guardian of the Buddha (仁王図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Copper (suaka), gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); W. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); thickness 11/16 in. (1.8 cm); Wt. 6.2 oz. (175.8 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: Demons