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