Title: Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Hanshan and Shide (寒山拾得図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Date: mid-18th century
Culture: Japanese
Artist:  Yoshiteru 
Artist bio: Japanese, active 18th century
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Fittings maker
Medium: Brass, gold, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 6.1 oz. (172.9 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: Human Figures, term: Scrolls, term: Trees