Kozuka

The handle of the small knife that rides in a pocket of the scabbard. A field no wider than a finger, and room enough for a whole story. Six highlights first, then every kozuka in the Grimm Collection.

Detail of the Kaga Goto kozuka: the crawling dragon's head beside the jewel on a ground of fine nanako.Ein Drache ohne WolkenKaga Goto · Kozuka · Shakudo · Edo-Zeit · NBTHK Tokubetsu HozonThe Kaga-Goto kozuka in shakudo: ladies in patterned robes around a go board in a palace, a gold veranda across the middle.Zwei Prinzessinnen im PalastKaga-Goto · Kozuka · Shakudo · Mittlere Edo-Zeit · NTHK KanteishoThe roofed bridge on the Hosono Masamori kozuka, figures inside and on the platforms below.Ein Tag am FlussHosono Masamori · Kozuka · Shibuichi · Mittlere Edo-ZeitThe Goto Injo kozuka: a lady at the koto between gold lattice screens, a field of fine nanako at the right.Die Koto-SpielerinGoto Injo · Kozuka · Shakudo · Frühe Edo-Zeit · NTHK KanteishoThe Omori Hikoshichi kozuka: rain falls in slanting lines across the grey shibuichi, the warrior bent under the demon on his back, her horns and eyes in gold, her teeth in him, the hilt of his sword below.Der Dämon auf dem RückenMumei · Kozuka · Shibuichi · Späte Edo-ZeitThe Shoki kozuka: two figures carved one above the other, the laughing upper one raising a fan rimmed in gold, the lower one wide-eyed and heavily bearded, holding a large gourd.Zwei nach dem WeinMumei · Kozuka · Suaka · Späte Edo-Zeit

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The Goto Injo kozuka: a lady at the koto between gold lattice screens, a field of fine nanako at the right.Die Koto-SpielerinGoto Injo · Kozuka · Shakudo · Frühe Edo-Zeit · NTHK KanteishoThe Somin kozuka: Jurojin in long robes with a gold staff, his deer beside him, cut in katakiri-bori into the pale metal.Tausend Jahre sind genugYokoya Somin II · Kozuka · Kinko, versilbert · Mittlere Edo-ZeitThe Hamano Noriyuki kozuka: a dark cricket among grasses, silver blossom clusters and gold pebbles on a pitted sentoku ground.Der Gesang des HerbstesHamano Noriyuki · Kozuka · Sentoku · Späte Edo-ZeitThe Kaga-Goto kozuka in shakudo: ladies in patterned robes around a go board in a palace, a gold veranda across the middle.Zwei Prinzessinnen im PalastKaga-Goto · Kozuka · Shakudo · Mittlere Edo-Zeit · NTHK KanteishoThe Hosono Masamori kozuka: a river landscape in flat inlay on grey shibuichi, tiny travellers moving along the banks.Eine Welt auf einem MessergriffHosono Masamori · Kozuka · Shibuichi · Edo-ZeitThe iron kozuka with a single katydid near the right end, its two long antennae drawn in gold across the dark field, small dots of silver and gold and shallow hollows around it.Die Grille und der TauMumei · Kozuka · Tetsu · Edo-ZeitOne face of the dragon kozuka: a dark shakudo vase at the foot of the field holds a silver camellia and a long plum branch with gold blossoms rising up the grey ground.Die Vase und der DracheMumei · Kozuka · Shibuichi · Edo-ZeitThe rabbit kozuka: on a dark nanako ground a gold hare crouches facing the viewer with its ears spread, a silver hare leaps to the right, tufts of grass at both ends.Zwei Hasen im MondlichtMumei · Kozuka · Shakudo · Edo-ZeitThe iron kozuka: a small silver bird perches on a gold stake, gold leaves on thin stems, silver lines of water and two tall reeds with heads of open gold lattice along the bank at the right.Der Vogel am FlussuferMumei · Kozuka · Tetsu · Edo-ZeitThe Yasumasa kozuka: a bearded warrior in armour with gold fittings holds a long spear upright, a smaller figure below him, a pine with round clusters of needles above.Der Krieger unter der KieferYasumasa · Kozuka · Shakudo · Edo-ZeitThe Ko-Goto kozuka: two farmers in gold on a worn shakudo nanako ground, one crouched over his work with a long tool, one seated beside a basket, rocks and grass at the left, a gold rim around the field.Zwei bei der ArbeitKo-Goto (zugeschr.) · Kozuka · Shakudo · MomoyamaThe roofed bridge on the Hosono Masamori kozuka, figures inside and on the platforms below.Ein Tag am FlussHosono Masamori · Kozuka · Shibuichi · Mittlere Edo-ZeitDetail of the Kaga Goto kozuka: the crawling dragon's head beside the jewel on a ground of fine nanako.Ein Drache ohne WolkenKaga Goto · Kozuka · Shakudo · Edo-Zeit · NBTHK Tokubetsu HozonThe spider kozuka: a copper spider in high relief between two webs drawn in gold, on iron worked into rings like the grain of wood.Die Spinne verlässt ihr NetzMumei · Kozuka · Tetsu · Edo-ZeitThe quail kozuka: a mottled quail at the centre among gold chrysanthemums and dark shakudo leaves, a small gold butterfly at the left, lines of water and bent grass across the warm sentoku.Die Wachtel hört den HerbstMumei · Kozuka · Sentoku · Edo-ZeitThe Omori Hikoshichi kozuka: rain falls in slanting lines across the grey shibuichi, the warrior bent under the demon on his back, her horns and eyes in gold, her teeth in him, the hilt of his sword below.Der Dämon auf dem RückenMumei · Kozuka · Shibuichi · Späte Edo-ZeitThe Shoki kozuka: two figures carved one above the other, the laughing upper one raising a fan rimmed in gold, the lower one wide-eyed and heavily bearded, holding a large gourd.Zwei nach dem WeinMumei · Kozuka · Suaka · Späte Edo-Zeit