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Collection Online as of December 13, 2025

Sword Guard (Tsuba)

c. 1615–1868

Japan, possibly Edo period

(1615-1868)
iron
Overall: 8.4 x 9 cm (3 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Gift of D. Z. Norton 1919.365
Location: Not on view
  • "Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 6, no. 6 (1919): 113-14. Mentioned: p. 114 25136301
    J. A. M. "Sword Guards in the Museum the D. Z. Norton Collection." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 7, no. 4 (1920): 45-51. Reproduced: p. 48; Mentioned: p. 50 www.jstor.org
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