Sword Guard (Tsuba)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a tsuba with a predominantly gold-colored metal body. The tsuba has an oval shape with rounded edges. A central oval-shaped hole and a smaller teardrop-shaped hole are present. The design features a gold background with a silver duck on the lower right side, facing left. The duck has a long neck and a small head. A gray and brown patterned piece of metal is on the lower left. A gold and brown patterned section is at the bottom left. A gray teardrop shape is at the top right. The background of the image is light gray. The tsuba is attributed to the artist, Masahiro.