Title: Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Date: 17th century
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Iron, gold, copper, silver
Dimensions: H. 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm); W. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.8 oz. (136.1 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: Fishing