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Sword Guard (Tsuba) with Chinese Landscape

mid-1700s

Japan, Edo period

(1615–1868)
Medium
iron
Measurements
Overall: 7 x 7.7 cm (2 3/4 x 3 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of D. Z. Norton 1919.305
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Not on view
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An iron sword guard, a dark circular disc, features three central openings: a narrow tapered slot flanked by two rounded apertures. The textured surface is worked in relief carvings of a landscape with jagged mountains, pine trees, and a curved bridge. Small buildings with tiered roofs sit on rocky slopes. Two vertical columns of Japanese calligraphy are incised on either side of the central opening within the charcoal-hued scene.

Sword Guard (Tsuba) with Chinese Landscape

mid-1700s

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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