Title: Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>)
Object type: Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>)
Date: late 18th century
Culture: Japanese
Artist: Inscribed by Bairyūken Kiyotatsu 
Artist bio: Japanese, active late 18th century
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Fittings maker
Medium: Iron, gold, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>)
Dimensions: H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); W. 3 in. (7.6 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 3.7 oz. (104.9 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Geography: Country of Origin    Japan      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Flowers, term: Screens