This kinko kodzuka is attributed to the Goto school. The ground is shakudo worked in nanako, and the design is a gold pumpkin on a vine together with a sickle. The piece is unsigned. It is listed under Japanese swords, fittings and firearms as SKU MGJ235 and sold in used condition, as is normal for antique fittings. No measurements are given, so judge scale from the photographs.

A Goto school attribution with a gold-on-shakudo subject gives a Texas collector of sword fittings a piece with a clear subject: the pumpkin, vine and sickle rendered in gold against the dark nanako ground. It can be fitted to a koshirae that is missing its kodzuka or kept loose in a fitted box with other fittings. Because it is unsigned, the attribution rests on style, which the supplier has stated as Goto, and the buyer can weigh that for themselves.

Key features

• Shakudo nanako ground
• Gold pumpkin on vine with sickle
• Goto school
• Unsigned
• Used, SKU MGJ235

This fitting ships to your Texas address directly; no permit or dealer is involved.