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EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
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A Lacquer Ito-Maki Tachi-Goshirae (Scabbard for a Tachi)
Edo period (18th century)
The saya lacquered nashiji and decorated with paulownia crests in gold hiramaki-e and mounted with matching Mino fittings comprising a saya-jiri, semegane, mokko tsuba, fuchi-kashira, menuki and kabuto-jiri, the hangers blue doe skin and mounted with matching hardware, the fittings all designed with gold taka-zogan hoshi (star) crests against a very tight shakudo nanako ground, the edges all gold
38¾in. (98.4cm.) long
Edo period (18th century)
The saya lacquered nashiji and decorated with paulownia crests in gold hiramaki-e and mounted with matching Mino fittings comprising a saya-jiri, semegane, mokko tsuba, fuchi-kashira, menuki and kabuto-jiri, the hangers blue doe skin and mounted with matching hardware, the fittings all designed with gold taka-zogan hoshi (star) crests against a very tight shakudo nanako ground, the edges all gold
38¾in. (98.4cm.) long