Title: Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Date: ca. 1615–1868
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Possibly silver, copper
Dimensions: H. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); W. 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); thickness 1/8 in. (0.3 cm); Wt. 4 oz. (113.4 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit Line: Gift of Herman A. E. and Paul C. Jaehne, 1943
Accession Number: 43.120.940
Inscription: Inscribed on obverse: 後藤法橋一乗「花押」Gotō Hokkyō Ichijō + kaō (Gotō Hokkyō Ichijō + monogram); inscribed on reverse: 于時弘化三午年夏應需作 Koretoki Kōka san umadoshi natsu ōju saku (Made on request in the summer of Kōka three (1846), year of the horse)
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