Sword Guard (Tsuba) with Plovers in Waves

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 D. Z. Norton

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

• Arms and armour
• The sea and ships
• 1600s
• Japan