Title: Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japanese
Artist: Inscribed by Ishiguro Masayoshi 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1772–after 1851
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Fittings maker
Medium: Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper
Dimensions: H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 5.4 oz. (153.1 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: Bamboo