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This tsuba features an openwork design of stylized butterflies, in negative silhouette. It is made in the so-called katchūshi (armor-maker's) style.
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Title: Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Date: 16th century
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Iron, copper
Dimensions: H. 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm); W. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.3 oz. (121.9 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit Line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Object Number: 36.120.187
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