Knife Handle (Kozuka)

Gotō Mitsutaka (Enjō), mid-18th century

Artist

Gotō Mitsutaka (Enjō) (Japanese, 1722–1784, thirteenth-generation Gotō master)

Date

mid-18th century

Culture or place

Japanese

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold

Size

L. 3 13/16 in. (9.7 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