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Collection Online as of November 29, 2023

Sword Guard (Tsuba) with Chrysanthemum

1615–1868

Japan, Edo period

(1615-1868)

Iron

Diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)

Gift of D. Z. Norton 1919.295

Location

not on view

Inscriptions
Inscription Translation

signed: Nakai, residing in Hagi of Nagato province

Citations
"Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 6, no. 6 (1919): 113-14. Mentioned: p. 114 www.jstor.org
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1919.295