Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Brown metal sword guard; rounded rectangle; weathered surface. Oval hole through center; sides rounded. Four golden zigzag lines extending from lower left; two golden creatures on upper and lower flat sides; raised decorated cloud designs around upper creature; gold details on both creatures; curved line on lower edge. The tsuba is the sword guard.
Artwork Details
- Date
- ca. 1615–1868
- Medium
- Iron, copper alloy (sentoku), copper, gold, silver
- Culture
- Japanese
- Dimensions
- 600 × 600 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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