Sword Guard (Tsuba): (front) Seated Man with Fan Looking at Gourd Vine; (back) Poem: Men in this way! Women, that!
No pleasures besides
Such as cooling under the Mugao.
Date: early 19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Dimensions:
2 5/16 × 2 1/16 in. (5.9 × 5.2 cm)
Medium: copper and shibuichi with inlays of gold, silver, and copper
Place of Origin: Japan
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1912.777
DescriptionShibuichi is an alloy of copper, silver, and gold.
Not on view
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