The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

Gotō Eijō

late 16th–early 17th century

Attribution

Gotō Eijō Japanese, 1577–1617, sixth-generation Gotō master

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver

Physical dimensions

knife handles (kozuka) (45.24.6, .26): L. of each 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm); W. of each 9/16 in. (1.4 cm); grip ornaments (menuki) (45.24.41a, b): L. of each 1 3/16 in. (3.0 cm); set of sword fittings (mitokoromono) (45.24.56a–d): L. of hair dressing tool (kogai) (a) 8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm); L. of each grip ornament (menuki) (b, c) 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm); L. of knife handle (kozuka) (d) 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm)

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1945