The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Set of Sword Fittings (Mitokoromono) with Two Additional Knife Handles (Kozuka) and a Pair of Grip Ornaments (Menuki)

Gotō Renjō (Mitsutomo)

17th century

Attribution

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

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver

Physical dimensions

knife handles (kozuka) (45.24.10, .30a): L. of each 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm); W. of each 9/16 in. (1.4 cm); grip ornaments (menuki) (45.24.45a, b): L. of grip ornament (menuki) (a) L. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); L. of grip ornament (menuki) (b) L. 1 9/16 in. (4.0 cm); set of sword fittings (mitokoromono (45.24.60a–e): L. of hair dressing tool (kogai) (a) 8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm); L. of grip ornament (menuki) (b) 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm); L. of grip ornament (menuki) (c) 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); L. of knife handle (kozuka) (d) 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm)

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1945