Knife Handle (Kozuka)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gold-colored metal object, long and rectangular, with a flat top and bottom. The object has a textured surface with darker areas around the edges and a small cluster of three raised circular objects on the right side. There are several lines of small, dark characters on the left side. To the right of the characters, there is a raised design of a branch with leaves. The object appears to be a handle, likely for a knife, and is titled "Knife Handle" and attributed to the artist "Kozuka". The background is a plain gray color.