Title: Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Date: 1669–1744
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Copper alloy, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper
Dimensions: H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); W. 3 in. (7.6 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 5.1 oz. (144.6 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
Tags: term: Rabbits