Sword Guard
1500s
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of D. Z. Norton 1919.457
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Arms and Armor
- Formatted Medium
- iron (Myochin type)
- Dimensions
- Average: 8.3 x 8.3 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed "Nobuiye."
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1919.457
- Credit Line
- Gift of D. Z. Norton
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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