Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Gotō Mitsuakira

Date

19th century

Type

Sword guard (Tsuba)

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver, copper

Department

Arms and Armor

Culture

Japanese

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

2012.528.3

Credit

Gift of the Baber Family, in loving memory of Charles Chenault Baber, 2012