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Sword Guard (Tsuba) with Fence and Flower
c. 1615–1868
- Medium
- iron
- Classification
- Arms and Armor
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
- Culture
- Japan, possibly Edo period (1615-1868)
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Japanese Art
- Credit line
- Gift of J. H. Donahey
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
An inscription on one side of this sword guard states that the maker went by the first name of Masafusa, and worked in the historical province of Musashi. This area includes modern Tokyo.
