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Knife Handle (Kozuka)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Copper-colored Kozuka with a relief design. The handle is rectangular and long, wider at one end than the other. Two parallel diagonal lines on the left. A fan-shaped object with radiating lines protrudes from the center. To the right, a figure wears a black garment with a bronze-colored fan-shaped object on their back, their left arm covered in gold. Their left hand holds an object, and right arm and hand are outstretched behind them.

Artwork details

Date:
18th century
Medium:
Copper, gold, silver, brass, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Culture:
Japanese
Dimensions:
599 × 337 px
Museum record:
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