Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki), Japanese, mid-18th century
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
mid-18th century
Sword-grip ornaments (Menuki) in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 45.24.48a–c), catalogued by the museum's Arms and Armor department. The museum dates it mid-18th century and records its origin as Japanese; Japan.
It is attributed to Gotō Mitsutaka (Enjō) (Japanese, 1722–1784, thirteenth-generation Gotō master). The museum records the medium as Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver, gold and the dimensions as L. of grip ornament (a) 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); L. of grip ornament (b) 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm). These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver, gold
- Dimensions
- L. of grip ornament (a) 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); L. of grip ornament (b) 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Sword Furniture-Menuki
- Maker recorded
- Gotō Mitsutaka (Enjō)
- Place recorded
- Japan
- Culture recorded
- Japanese
Identification
- Met object id
- 24729
- Museum object name
- Sword-grip ornaments (Menuki)
- Museum object number
- 45.24.48a–c
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and date against a specialist reference.