Knife Handle (Kozuka)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a Knife Handle (Kozuka) by artist Gassan. The handle is long and rectangular, oriented horizontally. The left side is light brown with a small hole from which a thin, straight, black piece of metal protrudes. A gold-colored metal piece wraps around where the black piece meets the handle. The right side is black with a cross-hatched pattern. A light-brown section wraps around the bottom-right corner. The background is light gray.