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Sword Guard (Tsuba)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dark brown metal sword guard with a rectangular shape and rounded corners, featuring a central oval cutout with a tapered extension downwards. Two side oval cutouts are positioned on either side of the central cutout. The guard has a design cut out of it, depicting a man with a branch in his right hand and a bull below him, with a tree on the right and a branch on the left.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1600
Medium
Iron, copper
Culture
Japanese
Dimensions
600 × 600 px
Public Domain
Yes
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