Title: Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Fittings maker: Inscribed by Ichinomiya Nagatsune (Japanese, 1721–1786)
Date: 18th century
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Iron, silver
Dimensions: H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); W. 3 in. (7.6 cm); thickness 3/8 in. (1 cm); Wt. 7.6 oz. (215.5 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit Line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Accession Number: 36.120.91