Sword Guard (Tsuba) with Chinese Landscape

Cleveland Museum of Art

The object is circular and made of dark brown metal, likely iron. It has a large oval-shaped hole in the center. The surface features a textured design that resembles a landscape, including wavy lines at the bottom that could represent water, and curved lines at the top that may depict clouds. A figure is positioned on the lower right side, appearing to hold an object and possibly wearing a hat. The figure seems to be standing on waves or water. There is a small rounded rectangular shape on the left side. The background of the image is dark gray, gradually getting lighter towards the bottom.