Handle (kozuka) for a scabbard-knife, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi) with gold low relief and engraving depicting front view of a tiger, signed Hamano Masayuki aged 70, Hamano school, Japan, ca. 1750-1800

EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY), THE FIRST INSCRIBED MIBOKU (SHOZUI) AND SEALED RIFUDO; THE THIRD INSCRIBED NATSUO, THE FIFTH INSCRIBED TEIEI

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), THE SECOND INSCRIBED ISSANDO JOI, THE THIRD INSCRIBED JOI, THE FOURTH INSCRIBED NOBUMASA AND KAO, THE FIFTH INSCRIBED HARUCHIKA, THE SIXTH SIGNED MITSUHIRO

Japanese, c. 1615-1856. Metropolitan Museum of Art.

2012 Worlds Men Practice (28/03/2012) Morning

EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY), THE FIRST INSCRIBED ZUI'UNDO HAMANO NAOYUKI, THE SECOND INSCRIBED NORIYUKI AND SEALED, THE THIRD INSCRIBED ICHIJO, THE FIFTH INSCRIBED ICHIJOSAI YOSHIAKI AND KAO, THE SEVENTH INSCRIBED HARUAKI HOGEN AND KAO

Photographer Sanna Helena Berger teamed up with stylist Zuza Stepien to capture the graduation collection of Shinya Kozuka. Model: Niall at FM London

A clam is settled among seaweed at the right side of the kozuka. A mirage of buildings appears in the bubbles of air emanating from the clam. Such mirages were known as the "Clam's dream."

EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), THE FIRST ATTRIBUTED TO THE 10TH-GENERATION GOTO MASTER, THE SECOND ATTRIBUTED TO THE 12TH-GENERATION GOTO MASTER, THE THIRD ATTRIBUTED TO ISHIGURO MASAYOSHI

Kozuka in the form of a quiver. Japanese Edo period mid to late 19th century - Goto Yujo http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/kozuka-in-the-form-of-a-quiver-18477

Kozuka with design of herdboy and buffalo Japanese, Late 18th–early 19th century By Nara Masanaga, MFA

Kozuka with dragonfly design and heart-shaped piercing. Japanese Edo period mid-19th century (Goto Seijo) http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/kozuka-with-dragonfly-design-and-heart-shaped-piercing-18475

Kozuka with design of insects and autumn grasses

Shinya Kozuka Fall/Winter 2018 Is Avant-Garde Workwear: Deconstructing the classics.