Title: Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)
Object type: Sword-grip ornaments (Menuki)
Date: early 19th century
Culture: Japanese
Artist:  Gotō Mitsuyoshi (Shinjō) 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1780–1843, fifteenth-generation Gotō master
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Fittings maker
Medium: Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), silver, copper
Dimensions: L. of grip ornament (a) 1 3/16 in. (3 cm); L. of grip ornament (b) 15/16 in. (2.4 cm)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Menuki
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1945
Geography: Country of Origin    Japan      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Roosters