Knife Handle (Kozuka)

Gotō Kenjō

mid-17th century · Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silverF · Arms and Armor

This kozuka features a design of a young man playing hagoita (racket and shuttlecock) on the New Year's Festival (Jinjitsu, January 7).

Artist

Gotō Kenjō

Date

mid-17th century

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silverF

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1945