Title: Set of Sword Fittings (Mitokoromono) with Two Additional Knife Handles (Kozuka) and a Pair of Grip Ornaments (Menuki)
Object type: Set of sword fittings (Mitokoromono) with two additional knife handles (Kozuka)
Date: 17th century
Culture: Japanese
Artist:  Gotō Teijō (Mitsumasa) 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1603–1673, ninth-generation Gotō master
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Fittings maker
Medium: Copper, gold, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: knife handle (kozuka) (45.24.9): L. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); W. 9/16 in. (1.4 cm); knife handle (kozuka) (45.24.29): L. 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm); W. 9/16 in. (1.4 cm); grip ornaments (menuki) (45.24.44a–c): L. of grip ornament (a) 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); L. of grip ornament (b) 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm); set of sword fittings (mitokoronomo) (45.24.59a–e): L. of hair dressing tool (kogai) (a) 8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm); L. of each grip ornament (menuki) (b, c) 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); L. of knife handle (kozuka) (d) 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm)
Classification: Sword Furniture
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1945
Geography: Country of Origin    Japan      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY