The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

Gotō Tokujō

late 16th–early 17th century

Attribution

Gotō Tokujō Japanese, 1550–1631, fifth-generation Gotō master

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold

Physical dimensions

knife handle (kozuka) (45.24.5): L. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); W. 9/16 in. (1.4 cm); knife handle (kozuka) (45.24.25): L. 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm); W. 9/16 in. (1.4 cm); grip ornaments (menuki) (45.24.40a, b): L. of grip ornament (menuki) (a) 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); L. of grip ornament (menuki) (b) 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm); set of sword fittings (45.24.55a–d): L. of hair dressing tool (kogai) (a) 8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm); L. of each grip ornament (menuki) (b, c) 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); L. of knife handle (kozuka) (d) 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm)

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1945