富嶽雲烟図小柄 Knife Handle (Kozuka) with Blade

Fittings maker 嵐山常行画 Ranzan Tsuneyuki Japanese

19th century

Not on view

An inscription on the reverse of the knife handle indicates that the artist Ranzan Tsuneyuki (嵐山常行) made this work for a client with the name Tanaka (田中). On the obverse, the surface is finished with small dots referred to as nanako, leaving a gilded bank of clouds and the snow-covered peak of Mount Fuji in relief. This kozuka and two more sword fittings in The Met’s collection are featured in the artist’s sketchbook titled Album of Designs for Metal Carving (acc. no. 36.120.699).

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Title: 富嶽雲烟図小柄 Knife Handle (Kozuka) with Blade
Fittings maker: 嵐山常行画 Ranzan Tsuneyuki (Japanese, active mid-19th century)
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Steel, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold
Dimensions: L. including blade 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm); L. excluding blade 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm); W. 9/16 in. (1.4 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 1.7 oz. (48.2 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Kozuka
Credit Line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Object Number: 29.100.1216
Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor

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