Knife Handle (Kozuka)

Gotō Teijō (Mitsumasa), 17th century

Artist

Gotō Teijō (Mitsumasa) (Japanese, 1603–1673, ninth-generation Gotō master)

Date

17th century

Culture or place

Japanese

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold

Size

L. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); W. 9/16 in. (1.4 cm)

Type

Sword Furniture-Kozuka

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed