Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Hanshan and Shide (寒山拾得図鐔)

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

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891

Accession Number

91.1.765

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