Sword-Hilt Collar and Pommel (Fuchigashira)
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: Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund, 1919
19th century
Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), gold, copper
1.0in
19.71.2a, b
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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