The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Set of Sword Fittings (Mitokoromono)

Gotō Sōjō

late 15th–early 16th century

Attribution

Gotō Sōjō Japanese, ca. 1461–1538, second-generation Gotō master

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold

Physical dimensions

L. of hair dressing tool (kogai) (a) 8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm); L. of each grip ornament (menuki) (b, c) 1 11/32 in. (3.4 cm); L. of knife handle (kozuka) (d) 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm)

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1945