Kozuka with deer motif

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 4566
Type: weapons and armament; metalwork; martial accessory
Date of production:
Late 18th century–early 19th century
Edo (Tokugawa) period
Place of production:
Acquisition: collected by Péter Vay
Signed: Yasuchika
Materials: bronze
Techniques: embossed; gilt
Dimensions: height: 9.8 cm
width: 1.4 cm
depth: 0.4 cm
Smaller blades and hairpins (kozuka and kōgai) with similarly ornamented handles and carried in a slot cut in the scabbard had their own place on either side of the handle.