Title: Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Date: 18th century
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper
Dimensions: H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); W. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 5.3 oz. (150.3 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Purchase, Gifts of R. Milton Mitchell Jr. and F.J. Peplow, by exchange, 2007
Geography: Country of Origin    Japan      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men