Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Brass-colored sword guard with rounded rectangular shape and curved corners. Two elongated openings, one oval on the left and one teardrop on the right, inside a rounded rectangle shape raised slightly. Thin lines radiate diagonally from the top-left to bottom-right. Decorations on bottom include boat with raised wooden planks and bird standing on right end with one leg lifted. Bird has gray body, orange and black beak, and orange legs and feet. Orange oar on right side of boat, leaves on left end of boat with black and gold color. Background behind the sword guard is gray.

Artwork details

Date:: ca. 1615–1868
Medium:: Copper alloy (sentoku), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper
Culture:: Japanese
Dimensions:: 600 × 600 px
Museum record:: View original

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