A MASSIVE KUNITOMO MATCH LOCK CANNON

SIGNED KUNITOMO JU KYUBEI, CIRCA 1800

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A MASSIVE KUNITOMO MATCH LOCK CANNON
Signed Kunitomo ju Kyubei, circa 1800
The circular iron barrel with octagonal muzzle decorated in gold and silver inlays with seigai-ha patterns, Fudo Myo-o, Kannon and two deities amid clouds, and large Tokugawa mon, wood stock with brass fittings engraved with scrolling foliage, iron spring
Overall 95.7cm., barrel length 67.2cm., breech, 9cm., muzzle, 7.5cm.

Literature

Illustrated in Yamato, Fudo Was Musashi murdered? (New York,: Zensho Communications Inc.), plate 53.

Lot Essay

The gun was manufactured in Kunitomo village in Choshu province. The two deities and Kannon were associated with Fudo in the 17th Century. Both Kannon and Fudo are associated with waterfalls and often depicted together.

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