Sword Guard (Tsuba) by Kawamura Tsuneshige, active late 18th…

Sword Guard (Tsuba) by Kawamura Tsuneshige, active late 18th…

Sword Guard (Tsuba) by Kawamura Tsuneshige, active late 18th century, Arms and Armor

Medium: Brass, gold, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper

Purchase, The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, by exchange, 2008

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/35645