# Hand guard

- By: Umetada
- Date: 1600 - 1900
- Medium: iron (metal), gold (metal), silver (metal)
- Classification: tsuba
- Dimensions: height 10.3 cm x width 9.3 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Westendorp-Osieck bequest, 1968)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/AK-MAK-1117--b2a63ba28a98982f625d924e526acd07)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/FfVWF/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Tsuba with a phoenix and plant design. 17th century; signed: Umetada Myôju (1559 - 1631); iron, gold, silver.