Title: Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Hanshan and Shide (寒山拾得図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Date: ca. 1615–1868
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Brass, copper, gold, gold-copper alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: H. 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); W. 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); thickness 1/8 in. (0.3 cm); Wt. 3.7 oz. (104.9 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Geography: Country of Origin    Japan      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men