Knife Handle (Kozuka)

Gotō Mitsumori (Keijō)

mid–late 18th century

Knife Handle (Kozuka) by Gotō Mitsumori (Keijō)

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver

Dimensions

L. 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm); W. 9/16 in. (1.4 cm)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Kozuka

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1945

Accession Number

45.24.34

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