Knife Handle (Kozuka)

Medium

Brass, gold, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi)

Dimensions

L. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); W. 9/16 in. (1.4 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 0.8 oz. (22.7 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Kozuka

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936

Accession Number

36.120.310