Caption

Knife handle kozuka, Japanese, Edo–Meiji period 19th century, Edo/Meiji, 1603–1912, weapons/edged weapons for katana, inrô, netsuke context, height 9.8 cm, width 1.5 cm, A narrow vertical object with a mottled brown surface and gold accents is centered against a plain gray background; along its length are a few small decorative elements including a round textured brown piece, a couple of smooth red-orange beads, small gold-colored shapes and filigree, a rectangular gold-toned plate with an etched pattern, a small dark irregular piece, and a square brown element with gold accents, all arranged in a vertical sequence.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A26_143

License type

Rights managed

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77.2Mb (988.6Kb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Knife handle kozuka Japanese Edo–Meiji period 19th century Edo Meiji 1603–1912 weapons edged weapons katana inrô netsuke context height 9.8 cm width 1.5 cm narrow vertical object mottled brown surface gold accents centered plain gray background length small decorative elements round textured brown piece couple smooth red-orange beads small gold-colored shapes filigree rectangular gold-toned plate etched pattern small dark irregular piece square brown element arranged vertical sequence.