Sword Guard (Tsuba)
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Sword fitting (tsuba)
Sword Guard (Tsuba)
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- Type
- Sword fitting (tsuba)
- Period and date
- 19th century
- Material
- Shakudō, shibuichi, copper and gold
- Collection:
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
03 — Overview
A tsuba — the guard fitted between a sword's grip and blade — worked in shakudō, shibuichi, copper and gold. 19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
04 — Object data
- Type
- Sword fitting (tsuba)
- Category
- Metalwork
- Date
- 19th century
- Material
- Shakudō, shibuichi, copper and gold
- Collection
- Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
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14 — Sources & references
- [1]Wikidata Q29383148
Wikidata · Database · Supports: Name, Date, Maker, Collection · Accessed 2026-09-25
- [2]File:Sword Guard (Tsuba) MET 36.120.79 001may2014.jpg
Wikimedia Commons · Image host
15 — Image credits
Sword Guard (Tsuba)
- Creator / Photographer
- Ishiguro Masayoshi
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons — File:Sword Guard (Tsuba) MET 36.120.79 001may2014.jpg ↗
- Credit
- This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. See the Image and Data Resources Open Access Policy
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 ↗