Title: Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Date: 1840–60
Culture: Japanese
Artist:  Ishiguro Koreyoshi 
Artist bio: Japanese, active 19th century
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Iron, gold, copper, silver, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); W. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 4.5 oz. (127.6 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Geography: Country of Origin    Japan      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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