Title: Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting The Pine Grove at Miho (三保松原図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Date: mid-19th century
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Iron, gold, silver-copper alloy (shibuichi), lead
Dimensions: H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); W. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); thickness 1/8 in. (0.3 cm); Wt. 4.5 oz. (127.6 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: Mountains, term: Trees