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Kozuka (by-knife)
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Kozuka (by-knife)

Artist/Culture Japanese
Date1800s
Mediummetal, wood and textile
Dimensions21.4 × 1.3 cm (8 7/16 × 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineBequest of Mildred Marcus Levin and Harold Lester Levin
Object number1976.263.4
DescriptionTanto sword (short), matched kogai (skewer) and kajuka (handle of short dagger) with matched fuchi kashira. (Kashira - metal cap which fits on the head of the handle. Fuchi - oval ring encircling base of handle). Matched bird menuki (small ornaments on either side of hilt.Label TextThe kozuka is a small utility knife stored in a samurai's scabbard next to the sword.
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Kogai (skewer)
Japanese
1800s
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Aikuchi (dagger)
Japanese
late 1800s
Wakizashi (short sword)
Wakizashi (short sword)
Osafune, Norimitsu
1500s, with later fittings
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Pair of menuki (sword-grip ornaments) with floral motif
Osafune, Norimitsu
1700s-early 1800s
Tsuba
Tsuba (sword-guard) with cricket motif
Osafune, Norimitsu
1700s-early 1800s
Wakizashi (short sword of a daisho set), bearing the bonji of Aizen Myō-ō
Wakizashi (short sword of a daisho set), bearing the bonji of Aizen Myō-ō
Japanese
blade: 1416; mountings: early 1800s
Katana (sword)
Katana (sword)
Suishinshi School
late 1700s–early 1800s
Katana (sword)
Katana (sword)
Yoshimitu Masatsugu
1700s, with later mountings
Wakizashi (short sword)
Wakizashi (short sword)
Japanese
1800s, blade perhaps 1500s
Katana (sword)
Katana (sword)
1600s, with later mountings
Tsuba for Katana sword
Tsuba for Katana sword
1600s, with later mountings
Grip for Katana sword
Grip for Katana sword
1600s, with later mountings