Title: Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver, gold, copper
Dimensions: H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); W. 3 in. (7.6 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.5 oz. (127.6 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit Line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Accession Number: 29.100.947
Signature: Goto Hokkio Ichijo [with kakihan (monogram)]
Inscription: Inscribed on the obverse: 後藤法橋一乗「花押」 Gotō Hokkyō Ichijō + kaō
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