Knife Handle (<i>Kozuka</i>) with Blade Depicting Maples, Arabesques, and Patterns (紅葉唐草文様図小柄)
Unknown Artist
probably 18th–19th century
Medium
Iron, gold, steel
Dimensions
L. including blade 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm); L. excluding blade 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm); W. 9/16 in. (1.4 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 1.3 oz. (36.9 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
91.1.869