Sword Guard (Tsuba)

late 17th century

Date

late 17th century

Culture or place

Japanese

Medium

Iron, copper

Size

Diam. 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.5 oz. (127.6 g)

Type

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed