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This tsuba depicts God of Fortune Ebisu and a young helper hauling in a net with fish. Ebisu is shown with his famous attributes fishing rod and fan as he is regarded as God of the fishing folk.
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Title: Sword Guard (Tsuba) Depicting Ebisu (恵比須図鐔)
Date: ca. 1615–1868
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Copper alloy (sentoku), gold, copper, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); W. 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 3.1 oz. (87.9 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Object Number: 91.1.797
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