Knife Handle (Kozuka)

Gotō Ichijō

19th century

Knife Handle (Kozuka) by Gotō Ichijō

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver, copper

Dimensions

L. 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm); W. 9/16 in. (1.4 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 1.1 oz. (31.2 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Kozuka

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Herman A. E. and Paul C. Jaehne, 1943

Accession Number

43.120.439

Tags

Cranes

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