Kozuka with design of ants carrying grains of rice

mid-19th century

Medium/TechniqueMain material: shibuichi; surface treatment: nanako-ji; other metals: gold; decorative technique: takabori and katakiri-bori

DimensionsOverall: 9.8 x 1.4 x 0.5 cm (3 7/8 x 9/16 x 3/16 in.)

Credit LineWilliam S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession number37.953

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ClassificationsArms and armor

Collections

Hosono Masamori

18th century

Hamano Noriyuki II

Early 19th century

Yokoya Sômin V

early to mid-19th century

mid-19th century

Uchikoshi Hironaga

Late 19th century (before 1890)

Ichijô School

mid-19th century

Nara School

early to mid-19th century

Kanô Natsuo

About 1850

Nobumasa

early to mid-19th century

Bishû Osafune Norimitsu

early to mid-19th century

Enjusai Harunori

mid-19th century

Hamano Shôzui

Late 18th–early 19th century (?)