Sword Guard (Cleveland Museum of Art 1919.312)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1762
Cleveland Museum of Art object 1919.312: Sword Guard, c. 1762. Masayuki (Japanese, 1691–1764). Iron; diameter: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). Inscribed: Signature: Masayuki, executed at the age of seventy-one. Details are those of this museum object; how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Materials
- iron
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)
- Measurements
- Diameter: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)
- Material and technique
- iron
Design
- Inscription
- Signature: Masayuki, executed at the age of seventy-one
Identification
- Date recorded
- c. 1762
- Culture period
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Maker recorded
- Masayuki (Japanese, 1691–1764)
- Museum attribution
- Masayuki (Japanese, 1691–1764)
- Holding institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 1919.312
- Published references
- "Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 6, no. 6 (1919): 113-14. Mentioned: p. 114
- Museum classification
- Arms and Armor
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm school, maker signature and date against tsuba references.