Sword Guard (Tsuba)

18th century

Date

18th century

Culture or place

Japanese

Medium

Iron, copper

Size

H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); W. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); thickness 1/8 in. (0.3 cm); Wt. 4.2 oz. (119.1 g)

Type

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed