The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 1, 2023

Sword Guard

1500s

Japan, Muromachi period (1392-1573) to Momoyama period

(1573-1615)

Iron (Myochin type)

Average: 8.3 x 8.3 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)

Gift of D. Z. Norton 1919.457

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed "Nobuiye."

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/1919.457