Title: Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Date: mid-19th century
Culture: Japanese
Artist: Inscribed by Kanō Natsuo 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1828–1898
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Fittings maker
Medium: Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver, copper
Dimensions: H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); W. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.3 oz. (121.9 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
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