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Sword Guard (Tsuba)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dark brown circular sword guard with a large oval hole on the left and a tapered triangular hole in the center. The guard features three raised designs: - A bird with outstretched wings at the top - A samurai warrior on the right - A person on the ground at the bottom The designs are primarily dark brown with gold accents. The background of the image is light gray. This is a sword guard, or tsuba, created by an unknown artist.

Artwork details

Date:
18th century
Medium:
Iron, gold, silver, copper
Culture:
Japanese
Dimensions:
600 × 600 px
Museum record:
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