Title: Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Date: 1786–1859
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Copper alloy (bronze), copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver, copper
Dimensions: H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); W. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 2.8 oz. (79.4 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: Birds