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Sword Guard (Tsuba) with Landscape

c. 1615–1868

Japan, possibly Edo period

(1615-1868)
Medium
iron
Measurements
Diameter: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of D. Z. Norton 1919.433
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Not on view
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A circular iron sword guard features a vertical, tapered opening at its center. The dark-brown, heavily pitted surface displays low-relief carvings: rounded mountains occupy the left, swirling clouds drift across the upper right, and horizontal, undulating lines represent water along the bottom. Small patches of green oxidation mark the disk's top edge and the area surrounding the central opening.

Sword Guard (Tsuba) with Landscape

c. 1615–1868

Japan, possibly Edo period (1615-1868)

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