| Native Name | Tsuba |
| Object Number | 21669 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan |
| Period | Edo Period |
| Date Made | Late 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Sentoku | Copper |
| Description | Tsuba in sentoku (a brass alloy). An ape is shown reaching for a persimmon, from the Japanese fable Saru kani kassen, about a feud between a greedy ape and a crab. The difference in color on the part formerly covered by the base of the hilt indicates that this tsuba was used for a long time. It is in the style of the Nara school, late nineteenth century. |
| Height | 6.8 cm |
| Length | 6.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1899 |
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