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Knife Handle (Kozuka)
The inscription is by Gotō Mitsumasa (1695–1742), twelfth generation master of the main line Gotō School. It indicates that the chiseled gold peony ornament is by his predecessor, Gotō Kojō (1529–1620), fourth generation Gotō master, while the rest of the knife handle is by Mitsumasa. It features a design of a peony.
Credit: Gift of the Baber Family, in loving memory of Charles Chenault Baber, 2012
Late 16th century and 18th century
Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold
9.7in
2012.528.5
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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