Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)
Object type: Sword-grip ornaments (Menuki)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Artist: Gotō Tsūjō
Artist bio: Japanese, Mitsunobu, 1664–1721, eleventh-generation Gotō master
Artist role: Fittings maker
Artist nationality: Japanese
Date: late 17th–early 18th century
Medium: Copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: L. of grip ornament (a) 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); L. of grip ornament (b) 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Menuki
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1945
Accession year: 1945
Tags: Dragons