Knife Handle (Kozuka) with Blade

Medium

Iron, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, steel

Dimensions

L. including blade 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm); L. excluding blade 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm); W. 9/16 in. (1.4 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 1.6 oz. (45.4 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Kozuka

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891

Accession Number

91.1.868

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