A kogai is the slender implement carried in a pocket of a Japanese sword scabbard, and this one is a signed kinko piece. The decoration is a flower motif in gold set on a shakudo nanako ground, the punched-dot texture, and the body of the kogai is toned silver. It is signed Mitsu Hisa, recorded by the supplier as Goto Jizayemos, who lived from 1828 to 1890 and was the son of Goto Seijo.

Signed by a named maker with recorded dates in a known line, this kogai is a documented piece rather than an anonymous fitting, which is what a Texas tosogu collector is buying here. It can be mounted in a koshirae that has the matching pocket in the saya, displayed beside a kozuka of the same school, or kept as a reference example of Goto work. Length and condition are not given in the listing; the signature, the attribution, the dates and the three metals are the facts.

Key features

• Kinko kogai, flower motif
• Gold on shakudo nanako ground, toned silver body
• Signed Mitsu Hisa (Goto Jizayemos, 1828-1890)
• Son of Goto Seijo

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