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Collection Online as of June 16, 2026

A circular iron sword guard, a disc-shaped fitting, features a wedge-shaped central opening within its dark, pitted surface. On our right, a figure wearing a wide-brimmed hat sits near a gnarled pine tree above textured waves. At our left, a scrolling cloud floats in the upper left above a small, oval metallic inlay. Faint gold highlights accent these motifs, which are rendered in low relief against the somber, metallic ground.

Sword Guard (Tsuba) with Chinese Landscape

c. 1615–1868

Japan, possibly Edo period

(1615-1868)
iron
Gift of D. Z. Norton 1919.462
Location: Not on view
  • "Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 6, no. 6 (1919): 113-14. Mentioned: p. 114 25136301
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