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Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Nobuiye Myōchin

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dark brown sword guard with a rounded square shape and wavy edges. Two gold openings. Large opening center is thin and elongated teardrop shaped. Small rounded triangular gold protrusions at top and bottom. Smaller circular opening on right. Decorative designs on left and right. Left design is gray oval with curled line pattern. Right design is gray circle containing crescent shape. Both designs are similar texture to dark brown background. Light gray background.

Artwork Details

Date
16th century
Medium
Iron, lead, gold
Culture
Japanese
Dimensions
600 × 600 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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