The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 24, 2025

Sword Guard

early 1800s

Japan, Edo period

(1615–1868)
iron
Diameter: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.)
Gift of D. Z. Norton 1919.500
Location: Not on view
  • "Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 6, no. 6 (1919): 113-14. Mentioned: p. 114 25136301
    Lee, Sherman E. Japanese Decorative Style. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1961. Reproduced; p. 79; cat. no. 172 archive.org
  • Japanese Decorative Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art (August 30-October 15, 1961); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (November 9-December 17, 1961).
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