Caption

Knife handle kozuka, gift; design: herons iconography; kozuka; Japanese, Edo period 1603–1868, 18th century; subject: birds; function: weapon accessory for katana/knife; materials: edged-weapon component; dimensions: height 9.4 cm, width 1.4 cm, depth 0.6 cm., A vertically oriented rectangular object with rounded bottom corners floats against a solid gray background; the object is dark brown to almost black with a slightly worn, textured surface and a small patch of yellowish discoloration near its top edge.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A25_363

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (624.7Kb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Knife handle kozuka gift design herons iconography Japanese Edo period 1603–1868 18th century subject birds function weapon accessory katana knife materials edged-weapon component dimensions height 9.4 cm width 1.4 cm depth 0.6 cm vertically oriented rectangular object rounded bottom corners floats solid gray background object dark brown almost black slightly worn textured surface small patch yellowish discoloration near top edge.