Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Square metal object with rounded corners. The object is made of brown metal with a slightly textured surface. There are two oval-shaped holes in the center, one larger than the other. The larger hole is shaped like a rounded triangle with the base facing down. There is a raised design on the top right featuring a bird in flight with black body and gold accents on wings, beak is gold. On the bottom left, there is a raised design featuring a tree with black trunk and branches and gold accents. There are Japanese characters etched into the metal on the left side of the larger hole.

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Date:: 1786–1859
Medium:: Copper alloy (bronze), copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver, copper
Culture:: Japanese
Dimensions:: 600 × 600 px
Museum record:: View original

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