Sword Grip (Tsuka) with Hilt Collar and Pommel (Fuchigashira)
Unknown Artist
A tsuka is the hilt of a sword or dagger mounting, including the grip and all of the fittings agove the tsuba (sword guard). A fuchigashira is a pair of matching sword fittings comprising the fuchi (collar at the base of the grip of the sword hilt) and kashira (pommel cap at the end of a sword hilt).
Credit: Gift of a Trustee of the Museum, 1917
19th century
Iron, baleen, gold, silver, copper, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
12.1 cm
17.208.86
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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