Title: Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Dragon in Waves (波に龍図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Iron, gold, copper
Dimensions: H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); W. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 4.6 oz. (130.4 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: Dragons