Title: Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With Chrysanthemum Motif (菊花図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Date: late 18th century
Culture: Japanese
Artist:  Masayoshi 
Artist bio: Japanese, active late 18th century
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Fittings maker
Medium: Iron, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: H. 3 in. (7.6 cm); W. 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 3.9 oz. (110.6 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Geography: Country of Origin    Japan      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Flowers