Knife Handle (Kozuka) with Blade
Unknown Artist
blade, dated 1688; knife handle, before 1870
Medium
Steel, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold
Dimensions
L. including blade 8 1/8 in. (20.6 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. 1.7 oz. (48.2 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
36.120.398
Rights
Public Domain