Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)
17th century
Medium
Gold
Dimensions
L. of grip ornament (a) 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); L. of grip ornament (b) 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm)
Classification
Sword Furniture-Menuki
Culture
Japanese
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1945
Accession Number
45.24.44a–c
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Gotō Teijō (Mitsumasa) · 1603–1673
**Gotō Teijō (1603–1673)** Gotō Teijō, born Genichirō in 1603 as the second son of Gotō Kenjō—the seventh master of the prestigious Gotō Shirobei mainline—entered a world dominated by his family's renowned metalworking legacy. He studied under his father, whose style profoundly influenced Teijō's early output, which often mimicked Kenjō's refined techniques in soft-metal sword fittings (kōdōgu). ...