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Sword Guard (Tsuba) with Chinese Landscape

c. 1615–1868

Japan, possibly Edo period

(1615-1868)
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iron
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Gift of D. Z. Norton 1919.462
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A circular iron sword guard, a disc-shaped fitting, features a wedge-shaped central opening within its dark, pitted surface. On our right, a figure wearing a wide-brimmed hat sits near a gnarled pine tree above textured waves. At our left, a scrolling cloud floats in the upper left above a small, oval metallic inlay. Faint gold highlights accent these motifs, which are rendered in low relief against the somber, metallic ground.

Sword Guard (Tsuba) with Chinese Landscape

c. 1615–1868

Japan, possibly Edo period (1615-1868)

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