The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 5, 2023

Sword Guard

late 1600s

Japan, Edo period

(1615-1868)

Iron (Nara type)

Average: 6.7 x 6.4 cm (2 5/8 x 2 1/2 in.)

Gift of D. Z. Norton 1919.423

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed "Nara Toshiharu."

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/1919.423