Caption

Knife handle kozuka, Japanese, Edo–Meiji period 19th century, Edo/Meiji, 1603–1912, weapons/edged weapon for katana, kozuka; materials unspecified; height 9.8 cm, width 1.5 cm., A long narrow rectangular object with a metallic, worn surface in brown and gold tones rests on a smooth grey background; the object bears small decorative insets in red and green and darker accents, and shows mottled gold flecks and patches along its length, with a subtle reflection visible on the background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A26_145

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (542.7Kb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Knife handle kozuka Japanese Edo–Meiji period 19th century Edo Meiji 1603–1912 weapons edged weapon katana materials unspecified height 9.8 cm width 1.5 cm long narrow rectangular object metallic worn surface brown gold tones rests smooth grey background object bears small decorative insets red green darker accents mottled gold flecks patches length subtle reflection visible background.