Knife Handle (Kozuka)

Gotō Renjō (Mitsutomo), mid-17th–early 18th century

Artist

Gotō Renjō (Mitsutomo) (Japanese, 1628–1708, tenth-generation Gotō master)

Date

mid-17th–early 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