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Sword Guard (Tsuba)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dark brown metal object with irregular rounded shape. Large central vertical hole with rounded triangular shape and flat bottom. Smaller oval hole to the left. Right side has long thin metal curved piece attached with small round rivet. Surface has scattered scratches and small patches of white and light brown. Sword Guard (Tsuba) by artist Honjo Masamune.

Artwork Details

Date
18th century
Medium
Iron, gold, silver, copper
Culture
Japanese
Dimensions
600 × 600 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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