Sword Guard (Tsuba) with Dragonfly and Lily

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black sword guard with rounded rectangular shape and slightly curved edge. Two cutout sections: one elongated oval on the left, one elongated triangle in the center. Decorations on the right feature a dragonfly at the top with brown body and gold eyes, black and brown wings. A flower stem with leaves and a flower extends from bottom to top right. The flower has brown petals, gold stamens and center; leaves and stem are black and brown; a gold stamen extends from flower to dragonfly. Three small gold dots are at bottom left. The background is dark gray, fading to white on the right.