AF23752 Set of Tosogu:Kozuka・Kogai：Gotō Mitsutomo(Kao)、Menuki：Unsigned(Mumei)(Mitsutomo)(Kogai, Kozuka, Menuki)(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu)

Set of Tosogu: Branch Chrysanthemum Motif（Kogai, Kozuka, Menuki）(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu)
Signatures:
Kozuka・Kogai：Gotō Mitsutomo（Kao)
(後藤光倫)（花押）
Menuki：Unsigned（Mumei)(Mitsutomo）
（光倫）

Kōgai:
Dimensions: 21.0 cm × 1.22 cm (≈ 8.27 inches × 0.48 inches)

Kozuka:
Dimensions: 9.69 cm × 1.43 cm (≈ 3.81 inches × 0.56 inches)

Menuki:
Dimension 1: 4.53 cm × 1.36 cm (≈ 1.78 inches × 0.54 inches)
Dimension 2: 4.56 cm × 1.44 cm (≈ 1.80 inches × 0.57 inches)

Jidai(era): the middle Edo period

Features:
Engraved design of branch chrysanthemum motifs on a nanako-patterned shakudō base, highlighted with colored inlays.

Supplementary Information:
Gotō Mitsutomo (後藤光倫) was the same person as Gotō Zenjō (後藤全乗) of the so-called Waki-Gotō (Gotō Rihei family). He was originally known as Tomisaburō before succeeding to the name Rihei. He passed away on October 25, Kansei 9 (1797), at the age of 78.

The Gotō Rihei family continued for seven generations as follows:
Kenjō (Masutsugu) → Teijō (Mitsumasa) → Etsujō (Mitsukuni) → Ranjō (Mitsutaira) → Zenjō (Mitsutomo) → Kakujō (Mitsuyasu) → Genjō (Mitsuhiro).

NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu
Aoi estimation paper
In Kiri box.