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Knife Handle (Kozuka)

Ichijosai Hironaga (Hirotoshi)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bronze-colored metal handle with a rounded end and flat, darker area on the left; mythical creature with long tail and horns, surrounded by curled tendrils and spiraling swirls, rendered in yellow, silver, gray, and orange on right half; background gray. Knife Handle (Kozuka) by Ichijosai Hironaga (Hirotoshi).

Artwork Details

Date
19th century
Medium
Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), gold, silver, copper, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Culture
Japanese
Dimensions
599 × 337 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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