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Someone may know for sure. However, based on the smaller figure's hair style and the text scroll, I would say it is likely to be a Rin Nasei (Lin Hejing) theme.

This is a Tsuba example of the theme.

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Good one Dale! I think the finger pointing confirms that the most.

Most depictions of Kanzan and Jittoku that I come across have both with the knotted hair, or one with knots and the other with straight hair.... I found it strange that one has a hat in this case. 

Here is a couple of Tsuba with two different hair depictions, one has both figures with knotted hair, and the other has both straight (possibly one is a hat).

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This image has both with weird hair - but what freaks me out is the fingernails!

Hanshan and Shide - Wikipedia

 

As Stephen already knows the little Tanto guards are very rare [well each is slightly different at least :)] I think the early Beatles got their hairstyle from them?

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