Sword Guard (Tsuba)
| Title | Sword Guard (Tsuba) |
|---|---|
| Date | dated 1780 18th century |
| Medium | Iron, gold, copper |
| Classification | Sword Furniture-Tsuba |
| Origin | Japanese Japanese |
| Holding institution | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Credit line | The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936 |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
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Recorded origin: Japanese. Browse more public-domain art from Japanese.
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Made available through the The Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.
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